Just when the Red Glory suffered a heavy blow, the Unbound Soul's light spear also began to hit the Immortal Steel continuously, sweeping its shield from the bow to the stern.
Eventually, the beam penetrated the defensive line and penetrated the armored shell.
Iongraspeer really didn't expect the firepower of ships like the Astral Knights to be so intense!
He even thought he was fighting the main force of Imperial Navy battleships.
A few seconds later, the Infinite Fury also let out a rumble of cannons. They roared through the hull like war drums, and as the cannonballs left one after another, each sound became louder and louder.
The cannonball emitted a dazzling light as it passed through nothing, and hit the side of the Astral Knight battleship. Then a series of huge explosions rippled on the shield of Eternal Loyalty, but only part of it hit the opponent's hull, causing
The damage is very limited.
Aingra Speer is also very helpless. Only the most basic part of the repair work of the Endless Wrath has been carried out, resulting in that its current firepower is less than one-third of its peak, and is not even as good as a large cruiser.
The ships of the Crimson Slayer also rushed through the Imperial ranks and engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with the White Templar formations.
A smaller cruiser of the White Templar was beaten into a sieve under the concentrated fire, but it was not sunk yet, while the main gun of the Heart of Light directly tore apart a strike cruiser of the Crimson Slayer, leaving only one
The burning hulk, while a raider ship was blown to pieces by another huge fireball as the reactor core exploded.
Both sides have entered a painful fighting distance, but there is no doubt that the empire's warships have an overwhelming advantage in terms of tonnage and firepower, although their armored shells are covered with various bullet marks and scorching marks left by shooting.
The Howl of the Wild staggered under a barrage of shells. Under the fierce attack, her roughly patched hull plates collapsed, and a devastating explosion inside blew out the ship's engines.
Torn apart and out of control.
The Infinite Wrath suffered similarly, its upper decks and superstructure being hit by enemy shells, but the Iron Graspers kept to their course and fought back with every weapon they had left.
“Pipeline damage report!“
In the package of thick smoke, Eingra Speer issued the order in a deep voice.
His battleship trembled like a wounded beast and rushed towards the Pai Mao star. As the fire spread to the entire ship, the entire bridge was shrouded in smoke.
Marco put on a respirator and leaned in front of the operating panel. His mechanical eyes glowed green in the reflected light of the flashing readings.
"Our armor prevented the worst, but our ship was all ripped apart, three decks were on fire, and the torpedo deck reported that the fore tubes were ruptured, but they were working to clear them."
Then the technical director shrugged.
"It's not good, but it could have been worse."
Eingraspeer smiled grimly.
"Send a signal, change the course to 3-3-0, and tell Kranon and the others that it's time to go to the pod. In ten minutes we will pass the Repulse Star."
Iongraspiel led his battle group into the Repulse Star at a very tricky angle, which brought the two forces into close range.
The monolith's anti-aircraft batteries and lances began firing on the Chaos warships, who responded with torpedoes and cannons.
At the last moment, the Infinite Fury, Red Glory and Immortal Steel listed to starboard, almost parallel to the track.
At this time, the Unbound Soul used its light lance to straf the flank of the almost downed Howl of the Wild. The light lance left a deep crater in the hull and ignited the ammunition deep inside the damaged cruiser.
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At the same time, the Eternal Loyalty's macrogun array also fired a series of hot shells at the Wild Howl. At such a close distance, each shell found its target.
These giant shells, hundreds of times the mass and explosive power of standard large cannon shells, easily penetrated the cruiser's armor and triggered a series of catastrophic explosions within the hull, overloading the ship's plasma reactor.
"Eingra Speer, you damn bastard—"
Amid Helle Raynor's wails, the huge battleship disintegrated in a huge explosion, with molten fragments flying in all directions.
The destroyed cruiser, which had a large armored superstructure the size of a city block, struck directly on the port side of the red Glory, causing the ship to tilt to starboard under the huge impact and disrupting the airborne landing commanded by the ship's ordnance officer.
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But the automatic program has been started, and the airborne capsule is launching at a rate of two per second.
In less than 5 seconds, all twenty drop pods were launched, passing through the unobstructed low-Earth orbit and heading straight into the atmosphere of the Exiled Star.
Also falling at the same time was the burning main hull of the Wild Howl.
After the Red Glory launched its drop pod, the Immortal Steel also launched its landing craft. Driven by the exploding rockets, these landing craft equipped with strong armor flew towards the Peeling Star at extremely fast speeds.
Because the huge battleship focused on the hostile battleship, it did not track these small targets in time. By the time Lothar realized the opponent's intentions, it was too late.
Therefore, he could only concentrate all his efforts on trying to keep the Black Legion's fleet behind.
But Ion Graspeer demonstrated his greatest talent—
Run away!
In fact, he deliberately placed the Wild Howl in that position in order to attract the Empire's firepower and create opportunities for them to accelerate their escape from orbit.
Now, the engines of all battleships are started to the limit.
They quickly left the battlefield and headed toward the edge of the system and the cold darkness beyond, the firelight of Imperial warships' fire trailing these ships until they dived back into the warp.
And just as a fierce naval battle broke out in orbit, a fierce offensive and defensive battle on the planet's surface was also going on fiercely.
This time it is the Empire that is attacking, and the Black Legion that is defending.
Fortress No. 7 was already crumbling, but due to the sudden defection of the Paidu Star garrison, a gap in the defense line was opened, and some reinforcements from the Black Legion entered the fortress. At the same time, the defecting militia also joined the Chaos side to block the empire's offensive.
In order to deal with this situation, Randall, under the acting command, shrank the defense line and devoted part of his troops to the encirclement and annihilation of the fortress.
The 99th Cadian Mechanized Infantry Regiment is the most important force among them.
This force was commanded by Colonel Dro Acat. The soldiers wore the standard light green uniforms and armor of the Astra Militarum and marched in formation with ruthless discipline.
Their main task is to support the Dark Angels' attack on the fortress and block all possible reinforcements. What stands in front of the Qadians is not only the almost ruined fortress, but also former friendly forces transformed by anger and revenge.
But Acat's heart is as solid as stone. He not only fights for the Emperor, but also fights for revenge!