hotmtlnovel Chapter 163 Hurry! Hurry up!
Chapter 163 Hurry! Hurry up!
The third line of defense of the Tau tribe is patrolled by a few sparse warships. No matter how fast the shipyard works, it is impossible to temporarily build a large navy. It is impossible for a few advanced warships to form a fleet combat effectiveness.
The Tau's shipyards settled for the next best thing. They built a large number of Explorer-class starships. They only replaced them with advanced engines and shields, and basically no weapons. They just pursued strength and speed.
Throw away all burdens and charge forward!
Now it is no longer possible to use a large amount of firepower to kill the enemy, and the crazy Greater Good decides to abandon the persistence of the past.
The battleship rushed forward, overloaded the engine and exploded, and perished with the enemy!
The Greater Good will never fear sacrifice!
As long as the better way can survive this calamity, no matter what it takes.
At this moment, the Ambassador-class cruiser with a large number of Explorer-class starships hanging on it is the bomber, and the starships hanging on it are its missiles!
The high-ranking officials of Ethereum (a certain big boss of the secret sect) personally met with every Wind Clan captain who was willing to die to boost their morale (hypnosis). The success or failure of this battle depends on the word courage.
Courage will help the Greater Good achieve final victory!
On the planet within the defense line, half of the fake space shipyards are located in low-Earth orbit, and a tractor rocket is deployed on each large facility.
When the enemy arrives in our system, we start pretending to demolish it.
This is carefully calculated. The enemy can just see our "space shipyard". When they arrive, it happens to be the time when the shipyard is "retracted to the planet".
At that time, the enemy will think that we have the ability to quickly build a shipyard and will launch a land battle. We will take this opportunity to kill a large number of enemy personnel.
There is no one on your ship, so you can't continue the expedition.
In addition, the Tau also prepared a gift for these damn "Imperial Navy".
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The two battle barges, the Solemn Alert and the Eternal Mountain, were still the main force, but they were missing the Mother of Tears and the Light of Dawn, so the Iron Jungle strike cruiser was transferred over.
The Red Torrent expeditionary force advanced all the way until they reached the enemy's third line of defense.
We have a huge advantage, the enemy's information transmission problem.
The enemy has no psykers, no astropaths, and they cannot send messages over long distances.
The Tau's information transmission still involves a ship running across the universe pulling a bunch of solid-state drives that store information.
Until the Gulf of Damocles, it was okay.
Galaxies are criss-crossed, and one galaxy can connect to several other worlds, making it difficult for us to intercept them.
But when we arrived at this empty Gulf of Damocles, there was no other way but to let the messenger ship cross the Gulf of Damocles.
In this case, Yifeng is sure to cross this area earlier than the enemy's messenger and reach their home world in the core area.
While the enemies on the other side of the bay were still gathering strength and preparing to support the third line of defense, our warships suddenly appeared and drove straight in, aiming directly at the Tau home planet.
At this time, the pressure on the Dawnlight battle barge was very high.
It was only the airdrop bay and orbital bombing facilities at the bottom of the battleship that were damaged, and the naval combat capability was not affected.
So it is now the main force patrolling more than twenty human worlds and more than a hundred enemy worlds.
The three damaged Moon-class cruisers have initially regained their combat effectiveness after several weeks of emergency repairs. However, the severely damaged turrets and lance arrays were dismantled and replaced with torpedo launch tubes or metal armor plates.
Ever since, everyone can see three strange warships with torpedo launch tubes installed on the spine of the ship. (Because torpedo tubes are easy to install)
These three battleships and the Dawnlight battleship will deliver supplies to the Red Torrent main fleet for the last time, and then conduct a comprehensive patrol in the Gulf of Damocles.
Two battle barges, a strike cruiser, six Lunar-class cruisers and several Nova frigates, this is the entire strength of the assault fleet.
Matthew Leo and Yifeng "reluctantly said goodbye". They were obviously determined to be tied up with the Yifeng brothers' troops, but they didn't expect that... they were also accompanied by their three moon-class cruisers, not counting them. I'll go alone.
Yifeng's main fleet smashed into the enemy's third line of defense.
The Tau's plan began to be implemented in an orderly manner.
In the asteroid belt, a large number of meteorites were equipped with propellers behind them, flying towards Yifeng's main fleet.
The enemy's kamikaze fleet is hiding behind the asteroid belt and advancing with the asteroids.
When our close-in defense artillery fired one after another and the Furious interceptor formation dispatched to check the situation, a large number of enemy suicide fleets launched suicide attacks.
The Tau didn't fire at all, and the ship's speed was significantly higher than before.
Our fleet was not aware of the enemy's intentions at first, but after reaching the range of our macro cannon, the enemy's unavoidable charging style made Enke alert and quickly warned Yifeng.
Yifeng was dumbfounded, "Aren't the Tau good at long-range fire strikes and flexible maneuvers? Why did they become Khorne?"
"The enemy's fighting will and determination to win surprised us." Anos said at the side.
"But they can't stop iron and fire!"
"Faced with the disparity in strength, they are just struggling ants."
"I agree with your point of view, Anos, by the way... The Great Thinker will not whip you with a psychic whip when he is asleep. You don't need to hide here from me."
"To be on the safe side, stay away for two days. I'm also an ant (whispering)...ahem...I haven't fought in a long time, so let's take a look at the situation."
"So, how do you plan to deal with the current situation? Brother Enke sent us a message. If this continues, we will not be able to stop the enemy. Many enemy ships will collide with us. Even if the enemy is not equipped with weapons, just Even self-destruction is enough to cause a lot of damage."
"What does Sisyphus say? His prophetic think tank can't be mute."
"He said that the enemy is a race with low psychic abilities, and the subspace reaction is very small, making it difficult to predict."
Yes, let him continue to be a melee mage.
Our fleet responded quite simply.
Afterburner, accelerate steering, run!
When a bunch of lunatics are charging towards you with bombs strapped to their bodies, your best option is to run.
These things are hard and fast Titanium guided missiles.
Our entire fleet is spread out. The enemy is hiding behind the asteroid, so we will go to the side.
So Red Torrent flipped through the history book and came to the page where he fought the space manta ray.
The entire fleet was divided into three parts and evaded in three directions.
(Imperial ships have very few turrets installed behind them. Only cowards will run away. Real men are always ready for a collision!)
Three arcs passed through the universe. Our warships began to fire, and their broadside fire was directed at the enemy behind the friendly fleet. The three fleets took turns to cover, but did not come into contact with the Tau.
"Captain Yifeng, the afterburner will be exhausted in three minutes. By then the enemy will be able to catch up with us before the afterburner is restored."
"Have you found out? How many enemies are there?"
"There are now forty-six more."
"Wait, are we fools?"
"???"
"The enemies are chasing us behind us, but they have no weapons. They are not space manta rays! They can't eat bombs! Why don't we deploy space mines?"
The reserves of plasma mines and melt mines were small, so they were urgently moved out of various warehouses, and after being activated, they were thrown into the space behind.
The Tau suicide squad was confused. The enemy was in front, and the mines were also in front. Should they charge or not?
On the planet world, the Tau boss at the observation station sighed helplessly when he saw this scene, and ordered the messenger ship to set off. The plan for the third line of defense was no longer in danger.
The moment the Tau warship's sneak attack failed, the outcome was already decided.
After continuous bombing and bombing, it was difficult for the Tau's death squads to encounter Yifeng's main fleet. The only result was that when they were about to touch it, they were caught in the rear by a new star frigate.
After the two fleets chasing each other crossed the entire galaxy, Yifeng's fleet dropped a lot of mines and then jumped into the subspace.
The remaining dozen suicide starships were left looking at each other in shock.
Are we retired?
On the other side of the galaxy, the battle barge Dawnlight received the signal and jumped out with the fleet, preparing to deal with this group of idiots trailing behind.
Humph, if you dare to chase my brother Yifeng, the only one who can follow him is me, the Weeper!
Matthew Leo put his hands on his hips and looked at the bird servant.
This is the last batch of enemy fleets. After dealing with these enemies, there will be no more enemies west of the Gulf of Damocles (as seen on the map).
Matthew Leo is full of fighting spirit, and he is not a Chaos, even a small alien dares to run wild!
At this time, the gifts prepared by the Tau for the Yifeng main fleet were belatedly arrived.
They set off as soon as they received the signal from the messenger ship. Unexpectedly, they arrived a step too late... Wait, they didn't arrive too late.
The Farsight Force's support fleet and the four battleships under Matthew Leo's command engaged in a fierce battle.
Note: Farsight is a Tau separatist force. After recovering a large amount of territory that was "cleansed" by the Human Empire, the commander of the main fleet refused to accept the rule of the Ether clan and relied on the recovered land to separate one side.
They have no etheric (esoteric) leadership, trying to understand the warp, explore the actual state of the galaxy, and find a way out for the Tau.
The good news is that this Farsighted fleet is not that large. This is all the power of Farsightedness. They tried to develop subspace engines, but they did not know about Geller's position, so all experiments ended in failure and a large number of ships were lost. Boat.
Farsight's troops and Titanium-guided missiles that failed to attack launched a fierce attack on the Weeper's forces.
On the other side, the main fleet of Yi Feng, which passed through the third line of defense of the Tau, directly began to cross the Gulf of Damocles.
This is a voyage of more than five months, after which we will continue to face the defense of the enemy's home world.
Our fleet no longer focuses on cleaning up the star field fleet, and no longer cleans up a large number of worlds after breaking through the enemy's defense lines. Instead, it takes the shortest path, uses the fastest and most violent offensive to break through the enemy's interception, and penetrates directly into the Tau star.
In the sixth month, the shipyard of Darius was breached, and the Tau world lost all its defense navy. The messenger ship tried to send signals to the surrounding alliance worlds.
In the seventh month, the world of Tashva was raided.
In the eighth month, the Grand Fleet arrived at the home planet of the world of Peko, which was the home planet of the Kroot people.
In the ninth month, the world of Bok'an was breached. At this time, the messenger ship that had breached the Tau's third line of defense had not yet arrived at Tau.
The Red Torrent fleet jumped into the subspace again, activated the subspace engine overload, and attacked Tau at all costs before the enemy messenger ship arrived.
Ahead is the Tau planet.
At this time, Tau Star had no idea of the danger coming, and a grand ceremony was being held here.
At the outermost edge of the Tau star system, on the Earth-like planet, there is the largest shipyard of the Tau clan.
This is determined by historical factors. At the beginning, the Tau were still very weak, and it took a long time to sail within the galaxy. In order to save time, they built the shipyard at the edge of the galaxy. Once the ship was built, it could start sailing immediately.
Now, there are a large number of high-ranking Tau people gathered there.
The Earth Tribe's Supreme Scientific Council is holding the highest-level press conference. The Tau Science and Technology Department has successfully built the Ideal-class battleship, which is the largest battleship in the history of the Tau.
It is still a disc design, but its scale is many times that of all previous battleships!
This battleship is as big as a small nest!
The same words as huge and majestic cannot describe its hugeness, just like the flying Luros Mountains (the largest mountain range on Tau), like a steel asteroid!
It has abundant firepower and powerful energy. It not only has a stealth mode to isolate the bird servant from detection, but it can also interfere with the enemy's communication signals, whether it is psychic or physical!
Its electronic pulse attack can paralyze a large number of electronic systems. Even the most advanced battleships in the empire will directly overload their void shields!
The weather controller and terrain changing device it can carry are enough to easily transform a planet into any state it wants.
This is an invincible battleship.
The personnel of the Secret Cult carefully control the top scientist of the Earth clan. This battleship is the last mothership of the Secret Cult. It is really a last resort to appear in front of the Tau people in this form.
All members of the Secret Cult boarded the battleship. This Apocalypse-class ship was basically on the same level as the Phalanx.
This is far safer than the so-called "rock-solid" Tau home planet.
The Secret Cult is ready to give up on the Tau. If they really can't hold it any longer, they will escape on this battleship.
Where to escape? I don’t know, but it’s safer than here.
A large number of Tau scientists and soldiers started training to become familiar with this battleship as soon as possible. Because there were not enough psykers, it was impossible to use the powerful psychic offensive of this battleship.
The number of Nicassar people is completely insufficient. They are scattered on various exploration ships. The gathering place is urgently recruiting. They have not arrived yet. Only a part of the Nicassar people living on Tau have boarded the ship first.
For the time being, we can only rely on the terrifying number of physical turrets and laser cannons on this battleship.
Just as a large number of Tau people happily landed on the battleship and got familiar with their new vehicles, the Red Torrent fleet arrived.
During the long-distance attack, the battleships suffered more or less injuries. The Solemn Alert's combat power was the most intact, so it was at the forefront.
When the Solemn Alert roared out of the subspace, everyone was stunned.
Tau Tribe: Are there any aliens coming to watch the launching ceremony of our new warship?
Astartes: How did the Phalanx get here?
After a brief period of confusion, both sides immediately went into full alert.
William's roar resounded throughout the ship, "Overload the engines, rush forward at all costs, jump gang! Capture that battleship."
The secret sect is also flying to the sky, "Fire, fire quickly! Get in position, everyone quickly go to the weapons position!"
How do the Tau know the specific structure of this complex warship? They didn't really build it themselves, and it's impossible for hypnosis to convey information to the hundreds of thousands of Tau crew members.
They also plan to let the third line of defense hold on for a while, and they will spend a few more months getting familiar with the warships.
The Tau crew was in a mess at this time. A large number of people didn't know where to go. They were extremely rational and chose the safest method.
Stay where you are.
It wasn't until the Secret Cult ruthlessly sent them the map of the entire battleship that the Tau received instructions and headed to their respective locations.
Ya's secret is completely exposed, so we can only fight with all our strength to win.
The main gun of this battleship is a powerful psychic attack. It is obviously unusable now, so it can only be used to top it with the secondary gun.
The secret warship is octagonal in shape, with a rectangular gap on each side. Now, abundant electric energy beams are lit inside.
Void level electromagnetic pulse, launch.
A strange wave rippled from the side of the Esoteric Cult battleship, and the force that was close to twisting the void allowed those standing at the observation window of the battle barge to see the space in front of them "fluctuate".
The tyrannical force swept across the Solemn Alert, all the void shields of the entire battleship were overloaded, and a large number of electronic facilities failed.
The combat barge had time to launch eight torpedoes. After the enemy attack swept across, the machine soul of the melta torpedo died suddenly on the spot and could only move forward mechanically.
The steady machine spirit of the Solemn Alert whimpered, and the entire battleship was almost half paralyzed.
"Tech Sergeant! Maintain engine output at all costs."
"Captain William! The situation is exactly the opposite. The engine overload mode limiter has failed. I don't know what will happen to this battleship after the overload limit time."
"All Astartes are ready to join the gang, leaving no one behind!"
The enemy warships fell silent after a burst of electromagnetic pulse attacks.
A large number of Tau soldiers are crowded in the passage. There is no intelligent AI to guide the traffic. They don't even know where they are.
The number of people deployed in each weapon array of the Tantric warship is completely insufficient.
The secret sect's bosses couldn't bear it any longer. They had to ensure the safety of this battleship.
"Nicassar people! Attack directly, don't care about those psychic facilities!"
Huge spiritual energy balls condensed at every corner of the Tantric Octagonal Battleship, and blue-white light shone, illuminating the entire shipyard.
Even in the vacuum of nothingness, people can hear the crackling sound of psychic lightning, which seems to be affecting mortals from the subspace level. All mortal crew members feel a nameless panic.
William's eyelids jumped at the sight.
"Everyone, prepare for attack!"
Several psychic balls flew towards the fast-flying Solemn Alert. The machine spirit turned the rudder with all its strength and barely avoided one of the psychic balls.
The rest of the psychic attacks hit the bow of the Solemn Alert. The reinforced adamantine defense plates and hard rams were smashed like tofu and melted as quickly as spring snow.
The entire front fifth of the battleship disappeared out of thin air.
William was heartbroken when he saw the large number of casualties. At least thirty battle brothers were killed silently.
The machine spirit of the Formidable Alert was battered, but it was the ship that the sons of Rogal Dorn had flown for countless years, and it was as solid as its Primarch.
A light spear array was restored, enemy artillery fire came one after another, and the two sides began to shoot at each other sporadically.
The Tau clumsily operated weapons they had never seen before. There was no weapon they were familiar with here at all. Where was the railgun they had promised? What about pulse arrays? Why are they all a bunch of strangely arranged joysticks, and they don't even recognize the text labels on them.
Their old-fashioned thinking and lack of knowledge make it difficult to understand the equipment in front of them.
The Solemn Alert was severely damaged, and the Nicassar were unable to launch an attack for a short period of time. Now is the time for the Astartes!
The furious William ordered the Shadow Bee fighters to carry out the elite troops to attack first, followed by the subspace teleportation troops and the jumping gang warehouse troops.
However, news came from the subspace teleportation matrix that it was impossible to lock on the enemy warship.
An enemy ship of this size appears to be solid in warp terms.
William gritted his teeth and jumped into the gang. All members jumped into the gang cabin, and those who were not enough took the supply transport No. 2.
The battle barge can deploy three companies of warriors at a time, but William has more than 350 people here, and most of them are Terminator warriors and tall Primaris warriors.
"Captain William, it's still not enough. I have about thirty brothers."
"Let the warriors of the Luna Wolves put on their jetpacks and jump over at close range! Be careful, jump into the big hole burned by the melta assault module!"
I have no choice but to fight to the death.
All the fighter planes flew out, and when the battleship was stable... no, they continued to attack and returned directly to the Eternal Mountain that was coming next.
When Yifeng's Eternal Mountain jumped out of the subspace, he was surprised to find that William did not wait for him, but launched an offensive privately.
What was even more surprising was the huge battleship in front of him.
The Eternal Mountains immediately joined the battle, followed by the Iron Jungle and six lightly damaged Lunar-class cruisers.
Several moon-class cruisers crossed the battlefield directly, engaged in fierce exchanges of fire with the home planet defense forces that came to support, and suppressed the enemy's ground defense forces.
The density of firepower deployed by the Tau here is extremely high. This is their home planet.
The good news is that the machine spirit of the Solemn Alert has fully limited the state of the overloaded engine. It is only in a complete flameout and requires technical sergeants for repairs.
The severely damaged Solemn Alert relied on inertia to crash into the enemy's shipyard, and the main fleet was unable to observe its specific condition.
No one was observing.
The command of the Eternal Mountain was handed over to Anos.
Inside the warship, which was as huge as a hive, there were nearly eight hundred Astartes scattered around. Mortal attacks will not be absent either. The Astra Militarum's jump cabin and the square "flying bricks" also hit the enemy battleship.
Loyal mortal auxiliaries are proud to fight alongside the Space Marines.
As the saying goes, unite all forces!