prynovel Chapter 700 How to deal with wild beasts?
Chapter 700 How to deal with wild beasts?
Chapter 700 How to deal with wild beasts?
Terra, orbital space.
The battle moon still hangs high in orbit above the throne world, but it is no longer the master of the void.
The fleets of the White Scars and the Imperial Fists changed direction and left the orbit of Mars. More than 150 warships of different sizes were divided into several groups and slowly deployed along the edge of the maximum range of the combat moon's gravity weapons, like a pair of open hands, about to grab the sphere in their palms.
Behind them was the huge mechanical ark of the ruling sage Adeptus MacAnne, as well as the frigates and cruisers beside the ark, their metal bellies filled with red-robed soldiers and knight mechas ready to go.
The Battle Moon is located in orbit above the northwest hemisphere of Terra, and in orbit across the southeast hemisphere of Terra from the Battle Moon is another important ship, the Eternal Cephalax, the flagship of the Supreme Lord Admiral Lanson, as well as the remnants of the Imperial Navy fleet around the flagship.
After the previous battle to rescue the Endin Hive World, Fu Qinghai already knew: the battle moon itself has no ability to move. It does not have some kind of planetary propulsion engine like the movie "The Wandering Earth". The battle moon relies entirely on transmission technology for deployment and can only rotate slowly at most - so Lansong can hide on the other side of the throne world.
The White Scars and Imperial Fists fleets have completed formation.
The Imperial Navy's warships remained motionless.
"Send another signal to the Eternal Cephalax."
Fu Qinghai leaned on the strategic platform of the Suzheng, and the projection of another Emperor-class battleship was reflected in his pupils.
"Still no response, Khan."
The crew member sitting in front of the communication equipment shook his head.
"Just stop there and do nothing?"
Targukin asked angrily in the projection:
"Is he worthy of being called the Supreme Lord Admiral?"
"Leave him alone, Aoyama."
Mandulatu suggested in the projection:
"This damn admiral is obviously a coward. We should not delay our attack plan because of them."
"All fleets, begin attacking."
Fu Qinghai stood up and gave the order in a deep voice.
He has already given Lansong a chance.
The light in the tail nozzles of all the warships suddenly expanded and became bright and dazzling. The warships of the thirteen fleets all ran at full speed and rushed towards the battle moon along the pre-calculated sailing routes, like an intertwined deadly web.
The Battle Moon is surrounded by the destroyed orbital defense facilities of the Throne World. These large pieces of space debris have been captured by the Battle Moon's gravity and are slowly floating and rotating around the Battle Moon, forming a ring of debris.
"Start the gravity field scan."
Fu Qinghai issued the most important order.
The crew on the bridge followed suit.
Facing the direction where the Space Marine warships were attacking, the Battle Moon slowly opened its jaws. The "jaw" was a huge armor plate, supported by countless giant gears, rolling down along four deep tracks, revealing a black hole hidden behind the armor plate, which was large enough to accommodate the passage of the warships.
The Battle Moon seemed to open its mouth and roar.
"Is the follow-up fleet coming?"
Fu Qinghai narrowed his eyes and stared at the cave entrance.
I want to see what is going to come out of his mouth.
He thought back to the battle moon over the Hive World of Endin, with the massive hole from which Ork warships had swarmed.
However, it was beyond his expectation.
"A peak gravity fluctuation has occurred on the battle moon!"
The crew shouted a warning.
Do we need to use Gravity Storm at such a long distance? Could it be that the range of the Battle Moon has been increased again during this period?
Fu Qinghai just had doubts in his mind.
As if in response to the crew's words, several giant meteorites suddenly emerged from the shadow of the black hole. These black meteorites, with a diameter of seven or eight hundred meters, irregular shapes, and covered with large and small pits, were spinning and rolling, shooting towards the warships of the White Scars and the Imperial Fists at an extremely fast speed.
Is this the trick?
Fu Qinghai's eyes widened slightly.
The speed of the meteorite was comparable to that of a cannonball, and in the blink of an eye it hit a Black Templar frigate that was unable to dodge. Such a fast speed naturally exceeded the range of the void shield, but facing a behemoth with a diameter of several hundred meters, the frigate's void shield was overloaded after just a flash, and the meteorite hit the side of the frigate, shattering and exploding in an instant, and the hull was violently twisted and deformed, and was pushed over by the meteorite. The leaked gas sprayed metal fragments and human body parts out of the hull, forming a flashing cloud.
"Disband the formation, maneuver to evade!"
Fu Qinghai made a prompt decision and gave the order.
The fleet formation, which was as neat and orderly as a woven net, suddenly became chaotic. Groups of large and small meteorites penetrated directly into the net, and the warships of various regiments began to maneuver and evade.
These meteorites do not have the guidance and tracking of space torpedoes, nor the internal explosives of macro cannon shells, but there are too many of them, and it is like a meteor shower floating in the void. The only difference is that there is no flaming tail behind the meteorites.
The first wave of meteorite attacks is over.
A frigate was destroyed, two cruisers were seriously damaged, and other surrounding warships also suffered varying degrees of damage.
"Tsk, what a cheap means of attack."
Fu Qinghai narrowed his eyes and muttered to himself.
Combined with the "peak gravity fluctuation" mentioned by the crew just now, Fu Qinghai instantly deduced that the battle moon created artificial gravity wells in the vector direction to make these meteorites gain huge acceleration, turning them into shells and crashing into the fleet. The principle is somewhat similar to the Empire's Nova Cannon, which is also accelerated by a gravity accelerator rather than a macro cannon.
Although these meteorites have neither guidance nor explosives, they are huge in size and mass. The huge mass plus the extremely fast speed means huge kinetic energy. Kinetic energy itself is a weapon, enough to destroy a space battleship.
"Qingshan!"
Kurland's serious face appeared on the screen.
"Follow my instructions."
Fu Qinghai made a calming gesture:
"The navigation route has been updated. We will continue to detour along the edge of the range of gravity weapons and bypass the hole. The battle moon rotates very slowly and it cannot keep up with us."
The bridge of the battleship HMS Abomination.
"Follow his orders."
Bosimonde said in a deep voice.
Kurland looked at Bosimonde in surprise.
Ever since the two legions decided to join forces, Kurland was most worried about the Grand Marshal of the Black Templar. He was afraid that Poseidon would rely on his large number of soldiers and ships to be stubborn and disobey orders. However, he did not expect that Poseidon, who had always been unruly and irritable, would be so convinced by Qingshan Khan at this moment, and would immediately execute the orders after hearing them, without any questioning or compromise.
The bridge of the battleship HMS Resolute.
"The battle moon is experiencing a peak gravity fluctuation again!"
The crew member sitting in front of the screen shouted loudly.
Fu Qinghai knew that the second wave of meteorites was coming.
So he immediately issued a second order:
"All warships, reorganize the formation, remove the fire restrictions on the bow guns and spine guns, and fire freely to destroy the meteorites."
Yes, meteorites are very heavy and very fast, but they are also very large, which makes it easier to aim. If you can't dodge them in time, you can use the light spears on the spine and the macro cannons on the bow to destroy the incoming meteorites in advance. Once these giant meteorites break apart, their lethality will be greatly reduced.
After a small wave of chaos, the killing net formed by the fleet cluster began to be reorganized and woven, and all the warships spread out to bypass the large hole in the center of the moon. The second wave of meteorites erupted from the hole, but did not cause many casualties. The golden beams lit up and shattered the incoming meteorites. The meteorites broke into large and small pieces, which were either swallowed up by the void shield or hit the outer shell of the warship and continued to roll and shatter.
"A reverse gravity peak fluctuation has occurred!"
The crew continued to report changes in the gravity curve.
"What new tricks are you going to play this time?"
Fu Qinghai narrowed his eyes and stared at the battle moon.
The circle of space debris floating around the battle moon suddenly seemed to be pulled by something and gathered towards the huge black hole in the center of the moon. Just like the garbage floating on the water being attracted by a whirlpool, the debris of the orbital facilities were sucked into the huge hole.
All the obstructions disappeared.
The entire orbital space was cleared.
Then a huge black hole suddenly erupted.
The space debris that had just been sucked in was ejected again, and the metal debris reflected the sunlight, like a cluster of dazzling flashes of debris, and the next second the debris turned into cannonballs. This huge black hole was like a planet-scale shotgun, with no accuracy, but a huge coverage area.
Fu Qinghai witnessed with his own eyes a cylindrical orbital space station several kilometers long tumbling past the porthole of the Suzheng. There were also various similar metal debris fragments, which scraped out colorful streams of light and star points on the shield.
It was a very creative attack, but unfortunately the battle moon itself rotated too slowly and the battleship cluster had already dispersed in all directions, so this wave of attack did not produce much effect.
"It should be quite useful for orbital bombardment."
Fu Qinghai even found time to comment.
As expected of someone who destroyed a battle moon...
Fu Qinghai's calm performance infected Kurland, and his nervous heart calmed down a little. This battle moon showed a different way of attack, which caused some problems and deviations in the attack plan originally formulated based on the battle moon above the Ending Hive World, but Qingshan Khan quickly corrected these deviations by responding on the spot.
"There are violent fluctuations in the gravity field ahead!"
The crew member in front of the screen suddenly shouted loudly.
The curve on the screen rises and falls like a cliff.
"All warships, prepare to evade!"
Fu Qinghai reminded in a deep voice.
Meteorite spit is just an appetizer.
The gravity storm is the real highlight.
In the craters and craters covering thousands of kilometers on the lunar surface, flashes and arcs visible to the naked eye merged into one. The familiar and terrifying invisible force reappeared, lashing towards the combined fleet like a twisted whip.
A battle barge of the Iron Knights was unfortunately hit. The middle part of the hull collapsed instantly, and the bow and stern broke into two sections and drifted away. Then a violent explosion occurred at the stern, causing a nearby strike cruiser to be engulfed by the ion fireball of the reactor explosion, and it lost control and crashed into another battleship.
Fu Qinghai looked away from the screen.
No matter how carefully planned in advance.
This scene before my eyes could never be avoided.
The power of the gravity storm is too strong. The human empire currently does not have any warships that can withstand this kind of damage. The only way is to disperse a large number of warships and launch a charge at the same time to share the damage to a certain extent and minimize the losses.
But there is no way to completely avoid losses.
At the same time as the gravity storm was set off, the cannons and lasers on the surface of the battle moon also opened fire, creating colorful ripples on the void shield film of each warship. The combined fleet continued to sprint forward under the heavy bombardment, while also launching dense swarms of torpedoes to fight back against the battle moon.
The lash of the gravity storm continued, and warships were constantly crushed or torn apart because they could not dodge in time. However, compared with the last attack on the Battle Moon, the White Scars' sub-groups were obviously more at ease, figuring out the attack pattern and calmly evading between the fluctuations of the gravity field.
The casualties were obviously less than those of the final High Wall Fleet.
"We'll start boarding in five minutes."
Fu Qinghai gave the order calmly.
At the same time, he leaned over to the intercom:
"Lord Adeptus, the Sage of Domination, we are about to land on the Battle Moon. Your mechanical ark can be deployed."
"Okay, Captain Qingshan."
There was a reply from the communication channel.
The mechanical ark, which was larger and slower than the battle barge, began to move forward slowly. At the same time, firepower that was more fierce and more intensive than the battle barge was pouring madly towards the battle moon. Frigates and cruisers quickly followed and protected it.
After saying this, Fu Qinghai left the strategic platform, picked up his helmet, walked down the bridge steps quickly, and shouted:
"All companies, follow me and join the team!"
"Khan!"
Qiao Shida grabbed him again.
The Moon Wolf Warrior looked at his Chapter Master steadily:
"What if another 'beast' comes?"
Fu Qinghai stopped when he heard this.
"I'll let the Mechanicus go first."
Fu Qinghai looked at Qiao Shida and said.
Qiao Shida felt relieved when he heard this.
"Okay, boss."
The first company commander stood at attention and saluted with chest beat:
"Happy hunting."
……
Serenity, transport deck.
The ship was still shaking violently, and the ground crew was running around busily, but this time the Supremacy was not hit by the aftermath of the gravity storm, and the deck was not damaged or on fire.
Fu Qinghai stepped onto the teleportation block again.
On each circular platform around him stood a fully armed Iron Pagoda Terminator. They were lined up in neat rows, like a group of silent and towering black and gold iron towers.
The first batch of Space Marines aboard the Kraken Assault Claw drop pods have successfully landed on the surface of the Battle Moon and are currently constructing a simple landing site, setting up teleportation beacons, clearing out the surrounding Orks, and creating space for the Chapter's subsequent landing forces.
Like the battle moon over the Endin hive world, the battle moon over Terra also has an abstract and grotesque orc face on its surface, and the facial features of this face are made up of huge artificial mountains that are as magnificent as real mountains. Yuskina's peasant crusade was not without any effect. At least they proved that these artificial mountains were movable and controlled by the Orks. While the battle moon was making all kinds of mocking expressions, it also squeezed to death millions of imperial civilians who landed on the moon.
After learning of this situation, these artificial mountains on the surface of the battle moon were also the focus of the Space Marines' shipborne firepower. Torpedoes, light spears and macro cannons took turns bombarding them, and the landing site also deliberately avoided the vicinity of the artificial mountains.
"Beacon connection is stable, ready to start transmission."
A mechanical electronic sound rang out overhead:
"Countdown, five, four, three, two..."
"Yeah, what if another 'beast' comes?"
Fu Qinghai was also thinking about this question in his mind.
The next second, the vision completely disappeared.
When that feeling of alienation and tearing dissipates.
Fu Qinghai's vision suddenly changed. He was standing under a fallen giant gear. Looking up, he could still see a fierce battle in the dark sky with light beams and artillery shells flying everywhere. The surrounding area was littered with green-skinned corpses that had been ripped open by chainsaw weapons and explosive weapons, with their intestines, organs and blood all over the ground.
Several white lights flashed by one after another.
More Iron Pagoda Terminators are coming.
"Khan, this way!"
An Iron Pagoda warrior emerged from a dark underground tunnel entrance that had been blown open and shouted.
Fu Qinghai drew out the Blue Fang and strode over, with the Iron Pagoda Terminator following behind him with rumbling footsteps.
"How's the progress now?"
Fu Qinghai asked as he walked.
"We have penetrated several kilometers underground and found and destroyed a large number of substations and power stations."
The Space Marine who led the way replied.
"Is the gravity storm weapon still functioning?"
Fu Qinghai then asked again.
"No high-energy response detected. The Techmarine infers that the gravity weapon has been disabled, at least temporarily."
The Space Marine answered as he walked.
"very good."
Fu Qinghai nodded slightly when he heard this.
Every time they landed on a battle moon, the first task was to disable the gravity weapons, otherwise the fleets in space would be constantly threatened by gravity storms. Such powerful weapons naturally consumed a lot of energy, and the Space Marines only needed to find the facilities that powered the gravity weapons and destroy some of them, and the gravity weapons would no longer be able to operate. After the Phaeton Tech-Priest analyzed the wreckage of the battle moon, the Iron Pagoda warriors were more targeted in their search for the corresponding facilities, and they could go straight to the target with ease, without wasting any time on other targets.
"How are the other chapters progressing?"
Fu Qinghai then asked again.
“We should be the fastest.”
The Space Marine thought for a moment and said:
"The White Scars are barely catching up with us, and the Stormseers are a great help. Other White Scars are also heading underground, but their offensive is not as smooth as ours. The Space Marines of the Last Wall have just landed on the moon, and are still fighting fiercely with the greenskins in the area, and have not yet gained a foothold."
"Ah."
Fu Qinghai said "hmm" lightly.
This result is as it should be, compared to other Space Marines of this era, the new alien Space Marines are completely superior and crushed in terms of both weapons and equipment as well as physical enhancements. It is not surprising at all to achieve such a result.
After all battlefield information has been checked.
Fu Qinghai issued his first order:
“Don’t be in a hurry to go deep underground.”
Fu Qinghai stopped and stood where he was and said:
"Continue to expand the landing area and wait for the arrival of our third landing force. I will notify the Sage Ruler to let the Martian troops land in the area under our control."
"Yes, Khan."
The Space Marine took note of the order and hurried away.
Fu Qinghai led the first company forward. The passage was littered with orc corpses lying in all directions, but no fallen or injured Space Marines were seen. As his orders were conveyed, the companies on all fronts stopped their attacks and began to retreat in an orderly manner, consolidating the defense of the occupied areas and preparing to resist the orcs' counterattack.
"Khan!"
The Space Marine finished his arrangements and ran back.
He stood in front of Fu Qinghai and took off his helmet.
It was Fu Qinghai’s former aide-de-camp, Lin Yu.
"Anything else?"
Fu Qinghai looked at the attendant and asked.
"If another 'beast' really appears."
Lin Yu stared at Fu Qinghai with burning eyes.
Both sides of her face were flushed with excitement:
"Let me have a go at it, okay?"
"You're going to die."
Fu Qinghai glanced at him and said calmly:
"me too."
Lin Yu was stunned for a moment and asked:
"So how are you going to deal with that monster?"
"I said wait for the third landing force to arrive."
Fu Qinghai shook his head and walked past Lin Yu.
"Waiting for Mars? The Mechanicus's Knight Mech?"
Lin Yu hurriedly followed him and asked:
"But I feel like the Knight Mech is no match for it."
"Use your brain, we also have knight mechas."
Fu Qinghai curled his lips helplessly and stepped onto a wider ramp that the technical sergeant had temporarily laid out using disassembled steel plates, and returned to the surface of the combat moon.
The naval battle in the dark void continued, but the density of artillery fire on the moon was obviously much smaller than before. There was a faint whistling sound in the sky, and a team of Swordtail-class interceptors broke through the thin atmosphere of the battle moon, forming a row and soaring in an arc, swooping down, followed by the Thunder Eagle gunboats and the Flame Raptor gunboats escorting them.
The interceptor group dived and then continued to fly to other places, while the Thunder Gunship and Flame Raptor Gunship slowly landed on the landing field that the technical sergeant had simply leveled.
"laugh--"
The front hatch of the gunboat opened and fell.
The figures of the passengers inside were revealed.
Not space marines, but a group of women.
A group of women wearing armor and holding swords.
They looked at Fu Qinghai with firm and cold eyes.
"Sister of Silence!"
Lin Yu suddenly realized and blurted out.
…………
(End of this chapter)