Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!.

Chapter 396 05.0395: "Captain, use Armed Summon on the rebels!"

"Warning! The enemy has boarded and landed on the starboard side of our ship. The entire ship must immediately enter armed readiness status! Repeat..." The broadcast from the armed forces command kept echoing in the audio array broadcast.

On the command bridge, amid the sound of passionate drums, the battleship guards dressed in striking red uniforms and white belts lined up neatly from the bridge headquarters and rushed to the bridge to assemble.

The shiny leather shoes stepped on the deck, making a unified sound that reassured their own people, and the cold and sharp single-molecule bayonet on the gun made the enemy tremble with fear.

They are the Navy's direct guards who protect the Imperial Navy's facilities and prison areas, serve as captains and generals, and are also the loyal guards who guard the command bridge.

Together with the boarding team members who were responsible for guarding the bridge, and the Navy Supervision Security Force, who were wearing black shell armor and were under the management of the Navy Military Supervision Committee, they blocked the road leading to the bridge.

A three-layer defense circle was constructed and the defense of the command bridge was strengthened.

At this point, even if another shell hit the bridge, they could use a human wall to block the fragments shot towards the captain.

The shallow deck corridor on the starboard side of the Indefatigable.

"Arm and stand by! Arm and stand by!"

The sailor sergeant held the hilt of his power sword, brandished his bolt pistol, and ran down the corridor, shouting loudly.

Some sailors were confused by the harsh noise and gloomy black fog. They stood still in a daze and could not even hear the dense and rapid drum beats.

The soldier became anxious and one of them stepped forward and punched them to wake them up.

"Take cover! They're coming!"

The next second, the vibration of the Claw of Terror boarding boat hitting the shallow deck was felt.

Horatio, sitting in the captain's command throne, frowned and felt unhappy.

It feels like there are ants crawling on my body.

He understood that this was one of the side effects of the resonance with the machine soul after the neural embolism was inserted.

These invaders made the main engine soul of the battlecruiser Indefatigable feel uncomfortable, and this displeasure was also conveyed to Horatio through the neural plug.

But she endured it and continued to fire at the blasphemous warship step by step.

At the same time, a female voice with gritted teeth seemed to say to Horatio: Captain, use armed summons on the boarding rebels!

The outer corridors of the battleship turned dark instantly when the Hell Claws drilled into the hull, the cabin wall lights and wires were torn apart brutally, and the power supply circuit failed due to broken cables.

The hot-melt component on top of the boarding compartment was activated, melting open the outer hull, and after sailing a distance inside, it embedded itself in the wall. Its long, ferocious claws came into the eyes of the armed sailors.

Some sailors who had just recovered from the noise were knocked down by the splashing molten metal and were dragged behind the shelter by their comrades while screaming.

The sailors huddled behind the ceramic-steel shelter, listening to the clanking of debris hitting the ceramic-steel plates in front of them.

When the crash ended, at the command of the sergeants, the sailors stretched out their navy bolters and navy laser guns. The tactical flashlights on the guns shone pure white light on the discordant embedment, making the corridor brighter than before.

The gunner also operated the twin-barreled heavy-explosive bomb on the high shooting platform to aim the muzzle at the ferocious claws that suddenly appeared on the cabin wall.

Tsk bang!

"Destroy the false emperor's servants! Victory belongs to the Chaos Gods!"

The bottom of the Chaos boarding hatch was opened, and the shrill sound of war roared into the cabin.

The Chaos boarding soldiers with eight-pointed stars and various blasphemous patterns tattooed on their faces rushed into the cabin. These lost and cursed people were full of fighting spirit and shouted the names of the evil gods and demons they believed in as they charged forward.

"Open fire! Eliminate the heretic invaders!"

The naval officers and soldiers immediately fought back, with explosive arrows, lasers, and fragmentation grenades mixed together to form a storm of barrages that swept towards thousands of hateful enemies.

The taller but fewer in number Chaos Space Marines stood out among the crowd, advancing at their own pace, the patterns on their profane power armor indicating that they came from mixed backgrounds.

Among those captured by CCTV alone were members of the Black Legion, a sub-warband of the Emperor's Children, and a certain missionary warband of the Word Bearers.

Due to the constraints of the Guilliman Codex, the Imperial Navy's armed forces on board cannot exceed 20% of the total number of people, and there are no Space Marines stationed on board.

In the past, many warships of the Imperial Navy had been captured or defeated in boarding battles against powerful Chaos Space Marines.

The ship was captured by enemies of the Empire and evil traitors, and fell into endless darkness.

When they reappear in front of the world, they will have changed from defenders of the Imperial world to hateful minions of the Chaos Gods.

Horatio could not help but sigh again. Guilliman probably did not expect that the reform measures he would take after waking up ten thousand years later would cause him to personally violate the laws he had established.

- Deploy Astartes Brothers to the Imperial Navy's capital ships to further enhance the warships' armed forces.

The Imperial Navy also equipped all its ships with new automatic loaders, which reduced the number of contract workers and freed up more cabin space to accommodate more armed forces.

"Relax and focus on command." Brigadier General Peru's steady voice came from Horatio's ears:

"We must maintain our faith in the officers and men of the Imperial Navy, especially those aboard the Indefatigable."

The Commodore's tone was one of great pride.

“I have commanded this battleship for more than 20 years. The crew, armed forces, and gunners on board are all carefully trained elites.

I know their level and I believe in their ability. After all, we have 30,000 Imperial Navy armed forces, don't we? " "Yes, sir.

The Indefatigable has a crew of 15, and at a 20% scale, the naval armed forces account for of them.

9 of the men were boarding crew members of the Imperial Navy.

As a battlecruiser and fleet flagship, these armed forces are sufficient to deal with the thousands of enemy troops boarding the ship.

In addition, when it is absolutely necessary, the ship's state priests can be asked to call on the state deacons and crusaders, the navigator's family guards, the stormtroopers directly under the Supervisory Department, the battleship guards, and the Mechanicus Crusaders who are not regular armed personnel to participate in the defense of the battleship.

"If the enemy ships don't jump to our ships, they will jump to the light cruisers behind us.

This level of boarding force will cause a greater blow to the light cruiser with fewer people, so it is better to let the well-guarded and large-scale Indefatigable take the blow for the battleships behind. "

"Yes, Commander. In addition, regarding our boarding plan, I hope to wait until the greenskin fleet joins the battle before deciding whether and when to board the ship."

"These are all up to you, Acting Captain." The Commodore said, and once again emphasized his identity as Acting Captain:

"When you take that position, you will be the supreme commander of the Indefatigable, and all departments on the ship must obey your orders. Use your wisdom and attack boldly and decisively!"

"Understood. I'll play it by ear."

In response to the frequent whispers of the Indefatigable Machine Spirit, Horatio issued new orders to the armed forces.

"Armed Forces Command, I am the acting captain. I am issuing an order now to cancel the plan to board the enemy ship and immediately call to arms the crew on the starboard side of the ship!"

"Yes, Captain! Please command the battleship with peace of mind. We will organize a rebound operation for you and the Indefatigable! The enemy will never be able to take a single step towards the deep deck and combat module!"

The Armed Forces Captain, wearing a carapace armor and a red sash around his waist, saluted from the hologram.

Horatio nodded.

Then, he received a voice call from Fasha.

"I'm sorry, Captain, but my men and I can only intercept so much."

"I understand. You did your best, Captain Farsha."

This boarding trip of the Emperor's Death successfully delivered approximately 5,000 invading troops to the Indefatigable, with the boarding locations concentrated near the macro-cannon array and the shuttle apron.

Horatio asked the armed forces to guard the hangar, shuttle ramp, and ammunition depot strictly, especially to protect the safety of ammunition and pilots.

Outside the battleship, the battle between the void beasts was still going on. As the ship moved forward, Lord Daros began to fight with the enemy's third battleship.

The second cruiser of the Chaos fleet, a Slaughter-class cruiser, began to engage the Indefatigable.

Under the concentrated fire of the Slaughter-class cruiser "Emperor's Death" and the Slaughter-class cruiser, the Indefatigable still fought firmly.

She first grabbed the "Emperor's Death" and beat it severely, destroying the two light turrets on the starboard side of the enemy ship, and blew up the seat ring of a twin-mounted heavy turret, making its rotation angle unable to exceed 60 degrees in front, and also killed and injured a large number of crew members.

At this time, the "Emperor's Death" was no more relaxed than the Indefatigable - several boarding torpedoes launched by the Orks came from thousands of miles away and pierced her hull fiercely.

A swarm of orcs rushed into the ship fearlessly, burning, killing and looting.

However, she had just launched a boarding force of 10,000 people, including a dozen Chaos Astartes, when half of them were intercepted by Imperial Navy carrier-based aircraft and escort ships.

He never thought that his nest would be stolen by the greenskins.

As a result, the Emperor's Death and the Indefatigable issued a call to arms almost simultaneously. It seemed that they would not be able to spare manpower to launch a second additional boarding trip in the short term.

In the exchange of fire with the Slaughter-class artillery ship, which was in the second position of the Chaos Fleet, the Indefatigable's void shield was once again overloaded and could not be supercharged for a short period of time.

The Indefatigable had a large hull and decent armor, so it was able to withstand several cannon shells with its solid and reliable hull structure. The rest missed the target because their trajectories were deflected by the planet's gravity.

The shells that hit the Indefatigable indiscriminately killed Imperial Navy crew members and Chaos rebels who came to board.

But no matter what, the naval officers and soldiers were prepared for a rebound, and there was a ceramic steel shelter on one side of the shell to block the fragments and seek protection.

And those Chaos rebels who came to board the ship were suddenly hit by their own people from behind.

Some Space Marines were blown into pieces by their own artillery shells before they could fully experience the thrill of killing.

Soon, the Slaughter-class cruiser also launched its boarding bay.

At this stage of the battle, the escorting Fury Squadron had no missiles left.

Anya Fasha led by example, shuttling among the speeding Terrorclaw jump pods, risking being destroyed by firing laser cannons at them.

They didn't stop until all the energy was used up and the barrel was red hot.

"This is Skyhawk Squadron. We have no more ammunition available. Please return."

She watched helplessly as a large number of boarding boats once again crashed into the side of the Indefatigable. She lowered her head and uttered words from between her clenched teeth as she reported to the flagship.

"Thank you for your hard work, Captain Fasha. I approve your return. But be careful, there is a firefight with Chaos rebels near the starboard shuttle ramp." Horatio nodded and kindly reminded.

"Understood. Thank you, little captain. Skyhawk Squadron, assemble and land on the shuttle ramp on the starboard side of the mothership. But be careful, beware of the enemy boarding troops."

(End of this chapter)