Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!.

Chapter 394 05.0393: "Green MiG Attack"

"Captain Farsha."

The female pilot was a little surprised when she suddenly heard the acting captain's voice access request in her headset.

As soon as I answered the call, I found it was a familiar voice.

"Well, maybe I should call you... 'Little Captain' now?" She chuckled, but her hawk-like eyes were still fixed on the incoming Doomsday Fire Bomber.

"It's up to you." Horatio smiled back, trying to ease the tense atmosphere a little, and then immediately got to the point:

"I analyzed the flight paths of the incoming enemy aircraft and found that the enemy aircraft flying from the mothership at the end of the enemy battle line will pass by their lead ship in 10 minutes. At that time, they will be less than 60 kilometers away from the green aircraft attacking the lead ship. A melee will definitely break out between the escort aircraft of both sides."

"Captain, do you mean that we should not take the initiative to intercept now?"

“Yes, after the two enemy forces engage in battle, their bombers will have to fly at least 300 kilometers to reach our escort alert circle.

As long as the timing is right, this distance is enough to intercept them. Let them fight each other, which can also reduce the probability of our pilots being shot down."

"Understood. Leave it to me. I will keep an eye on them and issue the attack order at the right time."

In the void, the Gothic Strike Group and the Chaos warships were getting closer and closer and becoming parallel.

The tail turn is about to take away the Defiant-class light cruiser carrier and accelerate to the second-to-last Dreadnought-class light cruiser.

The greenskin warships are very slow before they resume afterburner, and their artillery weapons have poor accuracy and short range. They will not pose any major threat to the Imperial Navy warships under the cover of smoke for the time being, and it will probably take some time before they can be put into effective combat range.

At this time, the Lord Daros and the Death of the Emperor were in the same relative position, and both sides reduced their speed to half and started a duel.

The two enemy cruisers focused their fire on the Lord Daros, while the two warships with more powerful firepower on the Imperial Navy side also focused their fire on the enemy's lead ship.

The engagement distance was moderate. Although Commodore Peru wanted to get closer, considering the possible turning maneuvers that might be carried out later, he kept the fleet at a 90-degree heading.

However, the Chaos warships are continuing to approach, because if they are too far away and fire shells at the planet, the accuracy of their artillery fire will be too poor.

The admiral of the Chaos Fleet roared, and ordered the fleet to approach to a distance of 500 kilometers in the form of an asymptote.

This distance can not only improve the accuracy of artillery fire, but also facilitate the implementation of boarding tactics.

But the Imperial Navy was not afraid of their approach.

In fact, the Imperial Navy's drill manual encourages officers to fight at a closer range of 500 kilometers when facing Chaos Rebels, Eldar, Tau, Necrons and other alien warships.

Because at this distance, the Imperial Navy's macrocannon weapons can achieve an astonishing 80% hit rate.

Especially when the automatic loader is activated for a short period of time, the new macro cannon with a caliber far exceeding that of the Chaos Rebels' old cannons, combined with the light spear cannon, can cause terrible damage to the enemy's ship structure.

Secondly, the Imperial Navy’s boarding and counter-boarding capabilities are equally strong. While not being afraid of the enemy boarding, they will even take the initiative to board.

Not only that, boarding battles were still mainly fought by mortals, but the training and equipment of the Imperial Navy officers and soldiers were superior to those of these fanatical desperadoes.

This is because even if the other side has a small number of Chaos Space Marines, in the narrow and unmobile cabin, the gap between mortals and "demigods" will be further narrowed.

Powered melee weapons, explosive bombs, melta harpoons, laser cannons, these heavy weapons are all capable of posing a deadly threat to Chaos Space Marines.

Even if one hundred sailors were sacrificed, as long as one Chaos Space Marine could be killed, it would still be a very cost-effective deal.

What's more, there are often not so many casualties in actual combat.

CAT drones, servoskulls, the ship's CCTV network, wolf spider automatic sentry guns, servitors controlled by the ship's technical priests...

These can help armed sailors and boarding crews kill Chaos Space Marines with fewer casualties.

Combining risks and benefits, as long as the enemy is not a Nurgle plague ship, the closer the Imperial Navy gets to the enemy ship, the greater the advantage. Although the risk is also high, the effect is higher.

"The distance to the nearest enemy ship! 700 kilometers!"

"Enemy carrier-based aircraft approaching!"

Horatio and Commodore Peru turned their heads together and saw that the enemy carrier-based aircraft had flown from the end of the fleet to the position of the lead ship, trying to launch an air strike on the Indefatigable at the shortest straight-line distance from there to reduce the probability of being intercepted.

But unfortunately, just as Horatio had expected, less than 60 kilometers away from them, the stink bugs with thick black smoke coming out of their tails excitedly approached the flies.

The greenskin 'Fuck Him' detachment came galloping in, followed by dozens of boarding torpedoes operated by daredevils.

"Hahaha! Guys, come on! Let's give the black shrimps a good beating! Kill all the black shrimps first and then go kill the blue shrimps!"

"Let's fight! That's awesome! Boss!"

"Cover our boarding bang! Charge! Fuck him! Waaaaagh!!!" The pilot of the green-skinned lead plane put on goggles, spitting everywhere, and shouted wildly in the channel.

From the captured images sent by the escort ship, Horatio could vaguely see that these aircraft were very similar to the MiG fighters in his previous life, which were the most outstanding in aviation history in the 60s.

Before he traveled to this world, these Daka jets were already widely nicknamed "Green MiGs" in the Chinese Hammer community.

Although the idea was unorthodox, Horatio sincerely felt that these Daka jets were more aerodynamic than some of the Imperial Navy's fighters.

At this time, these greenskins, with the intention of burning, killing and looting, sought out the nearest and largest ship, which was the flagship of the Chaos fleet.

Horatio was glad that he had arranged for the escort ships to cover the rear battleships with smoke, otherwise these boarding torpedoes would probably find the Gothic fleet first. Seeing the boarding torpedoes that could threaten the flagship, the Death Fighters did not care about covering the Doomsday Fire bombers. They changed course and rushed towards the green aircraft to intercept them.

Before entering combat range, both sides fired a round of missiles at each other, causing flames to fill the sky, and then there was a tense and exciting head-on fight.

A large number of destroyed fighter planes exploded in the void with bright flames, and Horatio could see it clearly from behind the glass window of the bridge.

The Doomsday Fire Bomber knew that it lacked escort, but since things had come to this point, it had no choice but to go ahead.

They seemed to be prepared for death, and had adjusted the afterburner to maximum. The unclean black and red flames were clearly visible, growing more and more vigorous, clearly demonstrating their threat.

"Captain Fasha, it's time to stop them. All escort ships around, all close-in defense weapons on high alert!"

The Sword-class escort ship accompanying the Indefatigable had its spherical Gatling-style twin-barreled rotating laser cannon on its side fully charged. The majestic gun barrel, which was so thick that it gave people a sense of security at first glance, began to rotate and preheat.

The close-range firepower of just one escort ship of this type is equivalent to that of half a Dreadnought-class light cruiser, and its air defense performance is so terrifying that it is unmatched by other levels of escort ships in the Empire.

"Everyone, fire all the bullets!"

The Imperial Naval Aviation Interception Squadron flipped out from the side blocked by the wide hull like a flock of birds, and green frames locking onto the Doomsday Fire Fighters were marked on the enemy-searching auspicious instruments.

The pilot pressed a button, and the missile whizzed off the rack. The trail left by the tail flame formed a dense network, and finally exploded into a sea of ​​fire in the distance.

The surviving Doomsday fire fighters broke through the death wall of fragments and flames, and continued to increase their horsepower and speed regardless of the danger of overload. At a distance of 400 kilometers from the Indefatigable, the point defense weapon array on the escort ship opened fire, and the rotary laser cannon dragged the whip of fire towards the attacking enemy aircraft.

In just a blink of an eye, the fighter planes hit by the red fire whip were instantly burned into hot and melted debris, floating in the cold void and gradually cooling and freezing.

"All ships, fire! Open fire!"

The young captain's orders were implemented layer by layer by all departments and finally turned into the roar of cannons.

The void shield of the Emperor's Death had been overloaded by the Lord Daros's macrocannon salvo, and the Indefatigable's light spear immediately locked onto it, with the blinding pure white beam cutting and piercing through the dark hull.

The macro artillery groups loaded semi-armor-piercing shells one after another, attempting to cause greater damage to the enemy ship's hull structure after penetrating the shallow armor.

At this point, the Lord Daros ended up intersecting with the Emperor's Death, overloading the enemy flagship's void shields before losing range.

They fired two rounds of salvos at the rebel ship that blasphemed its name, with a total hit rate of about 75%, which was a considerable output.

Now, facing him was the second Slaughter-class cruiser of the Chaos Fleet. There were still spots of damage on her starboard hull, and her port side was probably in poor condition as well.

The void shield maintained by one of her shield generators was dim and intermittent, perhaps with a major malfunction that could not be repaired outside of the dry dock.

She and the Lord Daros chose each other as their opponents at this moment and began firing at almost the same time.

This also means that the Indefatigable and the Emperor's Death are engaged in a boxer-style bout.

A new round of salvos from the enemy overloaded the Indefatigable's second void shield to 46%.

"Loading complete!"

"Fire with all your salvos!"

Rumble!
Four adamantium shells were fired from the energy-focused acceleration coil at a terrifying speed of three-quarters sub-light speed, drawing a trajectory that was more like light.

On the enemy ship.

"Damage control team! Put out the fire quickly, and the secondary gun crew remove the energy blocks! Don't let the fire burn the giant cannon ammunition below!"

The helmet had ferocious black spikes on it, with only a glass observation hole left. At first glance, the Chaos Damage Control Team member, who looked like he was born with one eye, picked up the nozzle and rushed to the area where the fire occurred after being hit by the light spear.

The heavy magnetic steel boots stepped on the steel deck like the beating of war drums.

scoff!

call out!
One of them heard a strange sound of metal tearing from the surface hull.

The next second, the armor shattered, and the blunted gold shell pierced the hull. The fuse, which had been soaked in the holy water of the state religion and blessed with the incense of the God of All Machines, made a crisp clicking sound.

boom!
Flames and tens of thousands of huge pieces of debris tore through the cabin corridor and engulfed the entire rebel damage control team, along with the other traitors in the corridor.

call out! puff!
Without the manpower to put out emergency fires and transfer ammunition, a small huge turret suddenly exploded. From the outside, it could be seen that the turret was directly separated from the hull and blown into the void. A cluster of flames burst out from the seat ring, and deeper inside, a new terrifying gap was torn from the inside by the explosion.

It turns out that this old-style wedge-shaped battleship with a ring turret has a wider firing range, but the turret explosion rate is quite high.

(The old turret cannon of the Chaos ship)
At least it is much higher than the ammunition depots of the Imperial Navy's current warships, which are arranged behind the armored belts, like the horizontally arranged macro-cannon arrays in the Age of Sail.

Because the former ammunition is transported vertically up and down in the ammunition well.

The ammunition for the latter is stored in a core ammunition compartment deep inside the armored belt, which is located further back than the macro cannon.

After a round is loaded into the ammunition rack, a new shell will be hoisted from the rail car by a crane.

(The retracted macro cannon array of the new Imperial Navy ship)
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