Chapter 3015: Drawing fire from the bottom of the cauldron
Ouch——
At the moment of the plasma flash, a huge hole nearly two meters deep was torn open in the Hive Tyrant's abdomen, a large piece of burnt internal organs flowed out, and the battle ax that lost its energy also fell to the ground with a clatter.
Farzad took the opportunity to rush over, firing his melta pistol at the tyrant's knees continuously, and dodged the bone blades coming at him. He then grabbed the tyrant's flexible whip with one hand, gritted his teeth and roared, and directly broke the whip.
Due to the action of gray marrow, the chitin of the tyrant is covered with a layer of white frost.
"die!"
The third company commander punched the tyrant's body, knocking the opponent crooked, then raised his power battle ax and struck the opponent's neck hard.
In response, the tyrant swiped the bone blade, but because the angle was wrong, it only hit Farzad. After losing its psychic effect, it became a dull stick, and it only knocked Farzad away for more than ten meters, but the three
The company commander quickly rushed up again, this time punching out the left eye of the tyrant who was kneeling on the ground gasping for breath, then grabbed the opponent's bloody eye socket and dragged him down with force.
"Let you invade my ship! Let you kill my crew!"
Axes and fists rained down on the tyrant's head until it turned into a puddle of unrecognizable minced meat and the skull was exposed. Farzad did not stop because he found that the tyrant was dead.
He looked behind the tyrant, and saw several huge transparent holes smoking. This was the effect of Sabourin's melt fire.
With a cold snort, Farzad raised his battle ax and chopped off the tyrant's head.
However, long-term use of gray marrow also greatly consumed his physical strength, so that he had to lean on the tyrant's hill-like corpse, panting violently, and exhaled a mouthful of cold air.
"Captain Farzad, we are here for reinforcements under the orders of the fleet commander. Sergeant Kassati has already led people to support the power cabin."
Farzad just snorted, then stood up and picked up the plasma battle ax.
"Bahram is really worried. Does he think I'm too weak to solve these little troubles?"
Sablin didn't say anything, but Li Lin was already muttering on the channel.
"It's such a good intention that goes unrequited. I didn't even say a word of thanks, and I'm still going crazy here."
At this time, Farzad had turned around and walked to a mechanical priest who worked hard to work near the cogitator even in the chaos of the war.
"What's going on with the battleship now?"
"Your Majesty, the survival rate of the personnel on the artillery decks on both sides is less than 17%, and 26% of the artillery has been severely damaged. Only 7% of the facilities on the main weapons deck of the ship's spine have been damaged, but the power lines have been seriously damaged, and 81% of the areas have been cut off.
, the firepower level of the entire ship has been reduced to 22% of the ideal state, which can be concluded to have basically lost combat effectiveness."
"Damn it!"
Farzad slammed the railing next to him, looking very angry.
"Sir, communication request from the flagship."
"catch."
"Third company commander, how is the situation?"
"Still alive, but the Triumph is on its last legs and has no choice but to withdraw from the battle."
"allow."
Suddenly, Farzad changed into a very serious tone.
"Bahram, if we continue to fight like this, the legion's fortune will be completely wiped out."
"I know..."
"Withdraw. Pull out the ground troops before it's too late. Those who remain will show mercy to the Emperor."
Hearing Farzad's words, Bahram had mixed feelings and looked at the damage report sliding aside.
[Tyrant-class cruiser Aegis, lost combat effectiveness]
[Mars-class battlecruiser Triumph, lost combat effectiveness]
[Viper-class guided missile destroyer USS Onyx, sunk]
[New star frigate Red Copper, sunk]
.....
It has been 19 hours since the battle. The central fleet has sunk 2 main ships and 15 small ships. Another 4 main ships and 23 small ships have basically lost their combat effectiveness and had to withdraw from the combat sequence. The left and right wings
The fleet also lost more than twenty warships in the continuous fighting.
But these are not the most dazzling things. Next to the battleship losses, there is a sliding red list, which is the personnel situation of the Space Marines. So far, 176 Space Marines have died in the anti-jump gang operations, including the Light Astral Knights.
Together with the White Temple, there are 64 people.
"Captain Talos, now..."
Bahram, who was pale and covered in sweat, pursed his lips and looked at Talos, who was always calm and unfazed. The other person crossed his arms and looked back at the tactical instrument.
"Why, are you shaken?"
"Do you know how the Eighth Army was shattered by the First Army as easily as breaking glass?"
Bahram didn't know that when the other party suddenly brought up the old legion, he could only shake his head.
"At that time, we lost the command of the original body. When the fleet of the First Legion suddenly appeared, everyone did not know whether to fight or run. However, as the losses increased, escape became the consensus of most people, and everyone began to
Think about how to reduce your losses. Even if the original body wakes up later, the situation will be irreversible. Bahram, the loss is not terrible. The terrible thing is that you cannot tell whether the loss brings victory or defeat. What is even more terrible is that,
Because of the loss, my will was immediately shaken. I support you because I believe in your ability. Even now, my opinion has not wavered at all. What about you?"
Bahram raised his hands and rubbed his eyes with his palms.
"Captain Talos, I am very scared now. My hands have been shaking since the beginning of the war. Every piece of news I see, every loss, is like an accusation, accusing me of my incompetence and failure. I am now afraid.
I don’t know how to face the Chapter Leader..."
"So, are you shaken?"
After a moment of silence, Bahram put down his hands, his face turned into a fierce and decisive expression that he rarely showed in the past, and his fist hit the tactical instrument hard.
"No! There are billions of lives here! As the Emperor witnesses, if we abandon them, what are our weapons fighting for? And it's far from time to admit defeat!"
Bahram seemed to have made a decision, and then he connected the communicator.
"Senior Kayon, can you determine the location of the real hive mothership?"
After a while, Kayon's slightly tired voice came from the communicator.
"...When I tried hard to find that eye in the tentacles, I felt a fear from my soul. I even felt that this fear was looking at me coldly from the distant void. That was Endless hunger...Bahram, I don’t recommend you to take such risks, because when I am exploring it, it is also exploring me, and it will definitely guess our intentions and lay a trap."
"The Ultramarines won the victory by killing the real mothership and causing the Hive Fleet to kill each other. This is our only chance!"
"No, you can't be sure whether its consciousness will disperse... Wait, I feel it..."