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.
To be continued...