Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!.

Chapter 449 06.0448: "Resupply, then launch another attack"

Basol's dark side void track.

The wreckage of destroyed Tau transports formed a small garbage belt in orbit.

Countless fragments that were burned to a discolored black color floated in the cold and gloomy void.

The sailors in the lower cabins gathered at the portholes, huddled together to watch the wreckage that kept drifting past the side of the Epic.

"That's the Tau people?"

“It’s really blue leather.”

"Hey, why don't they have noses?"

"How ugly and evil. Such an alien invading the territory of the God-Emperor is a great blasphemy."

Chef Yin Yuanshan picked up a piece of cloth to wipe the oil off his hands, pointed at the alien corpses floating outside the porthole, and asked the sailor who came to help cook: "Did you see the 'Y' shape on the foreheads of these aliens?"

The sailors took a closer look and indeed discovered that there was a shrunken Y-shaped structure on the forehead of the freeze-dried alien floating in the void. It became shriveled after being quickly frozen in the cold void.

"That's their breathing organ."

"Huh? How do you, a cook, know that?"

“Huh.” Old Yin grinned and raised his muscular arms with battle scars: “When I was young, I crushed the heads of these aliens. I found this after I crushed their heads.”

A group of sailors who came to help in the kitchen were stunned as they listened to the chef, who was a master of cooking, telling the story of him and these aliens.

Horatio and a group of officers stood in front of the large glazed window on the command bridge, examining the battle results around them.

Those Tau Empire escort ships were either destroyed by Space Marine strike cruisers or escaped with damage.

And not a single transport ship was left that they were supposed to protect.

According to the follow-up spy intelligence received by Intelligence Officer Lina from Colonel Lord Elphinstone, this Tau Empire troop transport fleet, consisting of a total of 11 transport ships, 5 troop ships, and 6 equipment carriers, was completely wiped out by the First Attack Squadron.

Horatio and Louise, the chief officer of the operations department, confirmed the statistical results.

The Epic fired a total of eight Helios nuclear detonation torpedoes, severely damaging eight transport ships.

Three of them were completely destroyed by torpedoes fired by other attack ships, two equipment transport ships were abandoned by the crew at the beginning of the nuclear detonation torpedo attack, and another three were destroyed by macro cannons after the Epic approached.

The leader sent a congratulatory message to the Epic, and said that he would help the Epic to truthfully count the results of the battle and send them to the expeditionary force headquarters to record the military exploits.

This battle also gave Horatio a general idea of ​​the Tau transport ships and torpedo attacks.

Even a nuclear detonation torpedo cannot destroy an entire battleship at once. At least two torpedoes are needed to completely destroy it.

However, if torpedoes are fired at the midships, the middle cargo holds of these warships can be destroyed, damaging the high-value cargo inside, thus achieving the effect of disrupting trade while saving torpedoes.

Moreover, the Tau and their servant races on the merchant fleet had a weak will to resist, and often rushed to abandon their ships and escape after suffering a fatal blow, rather than seizing the opportunity to carry out damage control and repair like the Imperial fleet.

"Captain, what should we do with those escape pods?" Louise asked, standing beside Horatio and pointing at the Tau Empire escape pods floating in the void.

“Leave it to the Space Marines. We won’t take prisoners, nor waste ammunition on it.

Our ship is now on Basor Star. The planned route is 310 degrees from our ship. After a short replenishment, we will immediately set sail for the target patrol position. "

The attack ship returned to the planet's orbital starport, and the results achieved by the First Attack Squadron had spread throughout the expeditionary force that landed on the planet Basol.

As soon as the Epic returned to the docking station at the starport and completed docking, it was warmly welcomed by the officers and soldiers of the Star Realm. "Thank you, brothers of the Imperial Navy, for your great help!"

When Horatio and his other comrades walked out of the attack ship, a huge cheer from the phalanx came like a wave.

Horatio straightened his navy hat and raised his white-gloved hand to wave to the Astra Militarum officers and men in the formation.

They specially brought in 21 huge cannons as salutes.

"Thank you for your well-timed tactical attack, Major." Captain Zhao, his armor covered in dust and blood, saluted Horatio solemnly.

"It looks like there's been some heavy fighting on the ground, Captain," Horatio returned the salute.

"Yes, our unit has just withdrawn from the front line to resupply and reorganize. If your troops had not attacked the enemy's transport fleet, our front line would have been unable to rely on the small number of armored forces and light infantry at the beginning of the landing to resist the enemy equipped with XV8 battle suits."

"XV8 battle suit?" Horatio raised an eyebrow. "Have you captured any of this equipment?"

"There weren't any intact captured ones, but there were some that were destroyed and relatively intact."

Horatio looked at Tech-Priest Lati who was not far away.

The two looked at each other, and she already knew what Horatio meant, and Letty nodded and smiled back.

"Well, if it's convenient, could you provide one copy of each of the captured samples to the Voss Tech Priest of my ship?"

"No problem, I will immediately arrange for personnel to be sent to your warship."

"Thank you for your hard work, Captain."

"At your service, Major. I heard that you were resupplying before departure, but Bashor is not yet completely under the control of the Empire, so I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to obtain logistical supplies from the planet.

To express your escort and support for the triumphant army.

If you need it, we can provide supplies from the Triumphal Army to your warships. I hope that our logistics, which are considered excellent in the entire empire, can be of help to you. "

"Thank you so much." Since his colleagues were so generous, Horatio certainly would not miss the opportunity to go to Zhendan's logistics supply warehouse to make a careful selection. He was also very curious about what the logistics warehouse of the Zhendan people was like in the universe of the 41st millennium.

Amid the sound of cannon fire and loud congratulations, the Epic arrived at its final port for supplies before patrolling and hunting.

"Captain, the nuclear detonation torpedoes we consume can only be replenished from the supply ship, and the quantity is limited. Should we use short-burning Helios torpedoes to replenish the missing parts?" asked the weapons officer and torpedo officer Fideo.

"No problem. These short-burning Helios torpedoes will be used in the first round of raids, aiming at the cargo holds of the enemy ships when they are slightly aware of the danger." Horatio signed the acceptance form:
"As long as we succeed in destroying the aliens' cargo, a badly damaged cheap transport ship will be of little value to the Tau Empire, and the crew will quickly abandon the severely damaged freighter. Hit the target."

"Of course, Captain!" Fideo saluted and immediately went to implement the torpedo supply plan signed by the captain.

"Little Yaoi." After the torpedo officer left, Horatio called his accountant.

"Captain, what are your instructions?" An Asian-looking girl wearing a naval civil officer's uniform and with her ponytail tied into a bun walked over holding the Epic's account book.

"Call your father, the chief chef of the Epic, and let's go to the supply warehouse of the Zhendan Triumphant Army to see if we can pick out some good things to bring to the Epic."

"Eh? Supplies for the Triumphant Army?"

"Yes, this is their reward to us. We will use the contents to enrich the Epic's reserves."

"Yes! Captain."

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