Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes.

Chapter 357
The perception of time by all things usually depends on the cycle of individual existence.As a member of the Milky Way and even the vast universe, human beings are no exception.

But the complexity of civilization gives them more perspective experience:
In the operation of such a behemoth as a battleship, countless people often have no idea of ​​their role in the war when they have completed their tasks.From a global perspective, it is even more impossible to perceive the time scale and the gap between individual battles.

The naval battle had already started for half an hour, and after several rounds of firefights, the distance between the Grand Fleet and the Chaos Fleet was getting closer.

The high-energy lasers of the light spears irradiated each other between the two fleets, and the nuclear flashes of the nova cannons also continued to light up in the vacuum of space.

During this period, the empire's fleet did not suffer substantial losses except for individual warships that were overloaded with shields and suffered damage at the armor level;

On the other hand, the situation of Chaos Fleet is much worse.

The numerical advantage of the imperial fleet is too obvious.Under the concentrated fire of more than a dozen battleships, the sirens on the battleships almost never stopped.

The shields of the six battleships were without exception, and all of them had serious overload events.

But this is still not a decisive injury. The balance of war seems to have room for wrestling so far, and the sons of Alpharius seem to be able to see the possibility of surviving while worrying.

But they are not blindly optimistic, because they all know that the real naval battle has not yet begun.

Once the fleet is within the firing range of the macro cannon, the fleet, as the most powerful weapon platform of human civilization, can display its true killing skills.

Such things as fighter plane bombing, torpedo strangulation, and macro artillery fire will be full of everyone's attention, and even the cruel and bloody gang battles that the Astartes are best at will have a chance to appear by then...

Another two hours later, when it reached the orbit of the third planet in the Ophelia galaxy, the large fleet, which had an absolute advantage in firepower, took the lead in turning to cut horizontally into the interior of the galaxy.

At a distance of less than 6000 kilometers, the Imperial Fleet completely brought the remaining 5 capital ships of the Chaos Fleet within the range of the broadside macro guns.

Such an operation is undoubtedly a tactical adventure for fleet commander Tabers. Its advantage is to maximize the firepower advantage of the entire ship, skip the long trial of the naval battle rhythm, and pull it into the bloodiest climax in advance.

The risk of doing this is that if all the enemy ships cannot be destroyed within the time when the battle lines meet, then when the large fleet completes its turn, the enemy will have enough time to break away from the battle and escape into the subspace to escape.

The Chaos Fleet also sensed the fleeting glimmer of life on the battlefield, and they headed in the opposite direction to the array line of the Imperial Fleet.

The distance between the two sides was further drawn in, and when they entered a distance of 4500 kilometers, these space behemoths roared again and carved molten scars on each other's fine gold armor with dense light spears.

The battle of the frigates was even more tragic. While they were shooting wildly trying to intercept the torpedoes launched by the opponent, they were also shooting their own torpedoes towards the enemy's fleet.

The distance has reached 2000 kilometers, which is already the limit range of the macro artillery array.Everyone in the weapon rooms of the battleships on both sides was highly nervous, staring at the communicator in the hands of the gunner.

"Fire!"

"Fire!"

"Fire!"

Countless roars sounded in the battleship's weapon room, and nearly a hundred container-sized shells dragged a long tail flame, causing waves on the shields of the two fleets.

The ear-piercing siren sounded in the corridor of the battleship, and all the combatants grabbed the fixed objects around them by coincidence, and were preparing for the impact brought by the direct fire of the macro artillery.

boom!boom!boom!boom!
The macro cannon shells exploded continuously on the shield of the Indefatigable Jihad, and the energy of the void shield was consumed violently and then replenished by the energy storage unit in an instant.

After giving up part of the energy supply of the light spear array, the void shield of the Indefatigable Jihad got more than 20% extra energy redundancy.

And it is the 20% extra energy that allows it to be the spearhead of the fleet to carry the concentrated fire of the five warships of the Chaos Fleet, and drive stably in the void.

This is the unique advantage of the Apocalypse-class battleship. The design of the full-energy weapon array made Mars equip it with an extraordinary energy supply system when it first designed this battleship.

Calvin had already arrived at the maintenance hall at this time. After completing the handover of command with Tibers, he left the position of fleet commander and began to prepare for the upcoming gang battle.

This is the first battle of the first large group in the legion mode, and it is also the day when the first large group is officially awarded the flag and has its own battle group number.Calvin wanted them to dye their banners red with the blood of traitors.

Under the watchful eyes of thousands of gray knights, Calvin strode past the crowd.The Honor Guard, bearing the banners of the Gray Knights' chapters and companies, followed in his footsteps with the Custodian Guard.

Beneath the Emperor's Icon, the Honor Guard flanked the Gray Knights with the banners of the Argent Blade.And the member at the end, under the escort of two champion swordsmen, stood holding a brand new flag in both hands.

Facing the enthusiastic gazes of the gray knights, Calvin spoke after a long silence:
"You can know, what is the mission?"

"For the emperor's armor, defend the hope of mankind!" The gray knights responded loudly, and the thunderous sound echoed in the hall.

"Do you know what hope is?" Calvin looked at Allen in the front row of the crowd and continued to ask.

"Rationality and order!" Countless soul exchanges in the legion's will allowed all Gray Knights to understand Calvin's ideas.

When the Primarch asked them the answer that had been in their hearts for a long time, the Gray Knights responded to his call and gave an answer that was completely different from the traditional Astartes of the Empire.

"Why defend?" Calvin's voice carried his unique psychic attributes, and just one person was enough to match all the gray knights.

"Sacrifice and redemption only!" cried the firm answer from all the sons of Calvin.

Calvin could understand from their deeply enlightened eyes that this was an armed force that he hoped to see was completely different from the previous armies of the empire.

"Good!" Calvin nodded, and then looked at Alan Janus, who was at the forefront of the crowd.The latter stepped forward, walked up to Calvin and knelt down on one knee.

The Primarch pulled out his daily-used saber from his waist. The narrow and broad blade was different from the common regulations of the empire, and it was not a Roman-style broadsword.

It is more like a combination of Eastern and Western cultures, with complicated inscriptions on the six-sided sword.

Calvin handed it to Alan Janus, who took the long sword with both hands under the gaze of everyone.

At the moment when the long sword symbolizing responsibility and mission was handed over, Calvin said to Allen:
"Treat this sword kindly, just like you should treat your brother kindly."

"promise!"

"Using this sword well is like knowing your subordinates."

"promise!"

"Look at this sword often, just as you want to strengthen your philosophy."

"promise!"

After three questions and answers, Calvin let go of his hand and motioned Allen to get up.The guard of honor behind him presented the brand new flag, which was handed over to Alan Janus himself.

Under the banner decorated with silver flames and sharp swords held by Allen, and under the gaze of the entire first group of thousands of gray knights, Calvin announced loudly:

"In the name of the Emperor! In the name of the Imperium of Mankind! Today I confer on you the title of the First Chapter of the Legion.

Hope you will live up to the expectations and become the sword of the empire against chaos!For the hope of mankind in reason! "

"Only death!" Thousands of Calvin's sons promised loudly.

　Update, it is said that the author named Fei, the name of the new legion's subordinate war group is really a bit embarrassing.Do you have any good opinions?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)