Warhammer: Angron Training Manual

Chapter 460: Battle of Krako

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Defence forces were deployed in facilities built by the Iron Warriors and World Eaters across the system.

The main fleet that was not on a defensive mission and six detachments set sail from the war material transfer system.

The human empire begins to advance towards the target galaxy called Krako. On the way forward, seven adjacent galaxies will be attacked by various fleets.

The naval power of the Ullanor Empire is not weak. Even though most of its forces go to Krako to fight against the Blood Axe Clan, it can still ensure that there is a garrison fleet in every galaxy.

Compared with land warfare, void warfare does not have too many tricks and techniques. Often the total conversion of the fleet forces of both sides will determine the victory of a void war.

The plain and simple void battle progresses steadily.

Lorgar, who was relatively adept at void warfare among the six primarchs of the vanguard, became the commander-in-chief of the vanguard fleet. He was accompanied by a large staff composed of mortal naval bureaucrats. He counted in real time the information conveyed by the White Knight Think Tank's smooth astropathic communications, and then arranged for the main fleet or a combat formation in a detachment to support other fleets.

This kind of joint operation based on "advanced" communication methods greatly improved the efficiency of void warfare, allowing the various legions to advance towards Krako much faster than Angron expected.

The battle in the void was steady and uneventful, and the same was true for the battle on land.

As they advanced, the Primarchs designed a set of plans to deal with different land combat situations.

Worlds with greenskins, no void shield defense, and no value for human colonization can be blown to pieces with whirlwind torpedoes.

If there are greenskins, void shield facilities for defense, and a world worth colonizing, airdrop a large number of armies to occupy it by overwhelming numbers. If there is no colonization value but there is void shield defense, then use teleportation to deploy star destroyer weapons to blow up the planet.

Ninety percent of the planets in the real universe are worthless to humans. A death world like Catachan or Caliban is extremely precious. If it has colonization value, it cannot be destroyed and must be left to mortals.

The only exceptions are worlds located along the planned supply routes. As long as these galaxies have celestial bodies that can accommodate war supplies, they must be captured and defended.

It was not until two months after the Krako Operation Plan was formulated and implemented that the war finally began to change.

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The White Knight.

Inside the Great Library, sixty new and old think tanks were fully armed and lined up in neat rows.

Everyone looked at Qin Xia, who was standing in front with his arms stretched out and wearing only a loincloth.

The priests of the Red Order are putting on armor for the Lord of the White Knights.

From the tank filled with greenskin blood, pieces of the greenskin butcher's armor were taken out one by one and placed on Qin Xia.

The captain of the White Knight was also in the Great Library, discussing the mission in a low voice.

"There are thousands of alien warships in the Krako galaxy. If our White Knight goes to Krako alone, there may be accidents."

Qin Xia listened in silence.

Although he did not have the same perception ability as Angron, he could still guess that the captain was afraid that the White Knight would appear alone in the Krako system.

The captain had no idea what the White Knight was going to do, but based on past experience, once the Lord of the White Knight took action, the White Knight would inevitably attack alone.

"Your wife always says that you are timid in every way except courage. I don't think you are very courageous."

Qin Xia thought so in his heart, but he still had to save face for the captain in front of so many think tanks.

For the warships that Luther had sent before, the captain had to take care of the personnel allowances and material consumption by himself. Qin Xia didn't worry about anything else except coordinating some materials from the forging engine to the White Knight Think Tank Fleet...

"Don't worry, the White Knight won't attack alone." Qin Xia took the helmet from the priest and put it on his head. "The main fleet will appear in the Krako system with the White Knight. It's not this battleship that will act alone, but me and the think tank."

The captain couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

This main fleet plus the detachment fleet has more than 2,000 warships. Even the participants in the daily naval meetings are big shots such as the fleet commanders and staff members of each corps. Captain Wilson would not be able to appear in the daily naval meetings if he was not given the title of think tank.

If the Battle of Krako really started, with thousands of warships rushing towards each other like a swarm of bees, who would have time to look at the Think Tank Fleet at that time? If the Think Tank Fleet didn't even think about protecting itself, it would be troublesome.

Therefore, before coming to the Great Library, the captain thought that even if the Lord of the White Knight thought he was a coward, he had to tell him about it.

Otherwise, after the Battle of Krako, statistics were collected after the battle, showing that the Think Tank Fleet suffered heavy losses in the melee, and the Lord of the White Knights killed many of the fleet's high-ranking officers in a rage... Then...

Now, no matter how the Lord of the White Knight answers, it is equivalent to putting insurance on the heads of the top leaders of the think tank fleet, and nothing that happens afterwards can be blamed on the secondary decision-makers.

Qin Xia also knew what the captain was planning and waved for him to leave.

After the captain left, Qin Xia glanced at the porthole.

The cover is still sealed and the subspace navigation phase has not ended.

Qin Xia signaled the think tanks not to stand there stupidly, but to find a place to rest for a while, and then he contacted Angron using psychic power.

"What happened to Kang Lao Ba?" Qin Xia asked.

For more than a month, Qin Xia has been busy with the think tank fleet's own affairs and has not had time to go to the flagship to care about Koz.

"I helped him to stabilize his situation a long time ago, disbanded the temporary voting committee of the Night Lords, and participated in the affairs of the Legion." Angron responded, "When he left Nuceria, he led those people in the Legion that he valued to clean up the anti-Imperial faction under the arrangement of the Emperor. During this period, some bad things happened to the Night Lords Legion."

"As Curze watched the Legion degenerate, his mental problems became more serious."

Qin Xia could already guess what the bad thing was.

It must be that when Curze took Sevata and Shen to carry out the mission, the new recruits added by the Legion were all scum and bad people from "Gotham Star". "Why did Curze take Sevata and others to carry out the mission? Why didn't he leave some normal people to prevent Nostramo scum from joining the Legion?" Qin Xia asked.

Angron gave a meaningful bitter laugh and explained, "He wanted to change after returning from Nuceria, but his personality, habits and fixed thinking were still there..."

"Yeah." Qin Xia nodded helplessly.

The battleship trembled.

The White Knight was the first to jump into the real universe, and all the porthole covers of the battleship slowly rose.

Qin Xia walked to the porthole and looked at the Krako galaxy.

Beyond the Mandeville Point, the galaxy with twelve celestial bodies is filled with green warships.

There are still a lot of warship wreckage floating in the galaxy, obviously a great war has just ended.

This war is not a turn-based war. When the Human Empire takes action, Blood Axe and Ullanor are also taking action. They have already fought in the Krako galaxy before.

As for who is the winner... the debris floating in the galaxy has a faint red color, while the huge fleet that is resting has a variety of different shades of green. The answer is obvious.

"The wreckage of the Blood Axe Clan's fleet..." Kamas stepped forward and pointed at the star rings surrounding the giant planet in the galaxy.

The star ring surrounding the giant planet is mostly the wreckage of the Blood Axe Clan fleet.

These wreckages were once part of the Blood Axe Clan's main fleet. When Gusa commanded the clan to conquer the east and the west, they ensured that their Blood Axe Lord could gain control of the void.

Now, all they can do is tell the visitors about the scale of the void war that had taken place in the Krako galaxy.

"There are 1,900 warships of the Ullanor Empire." Qin Xia quickly observed with his psychic vision.

At the same time, as the first warship to arrive at the Krako galaxy, the White Knight sent the detection results of the scanning array to the fleet that was about to jump into reality.

The think tanks observed the enemy fleet with stern faces and were very silent.

Their brains calculated the enemy's and their own void combat power, looking for the possibility of winning.

The void forces of those warlords, big and small, are huge in size, but are in a relatively passive state, that is, they are not in combat formation, but are scattered and resting near the greenskin battle planets.

This was the first advantage the human fleet could exploit in the ensuing void war.

And if this advantage cannot be utilized in time, then the only advantage left on the human side... is that the Human Empire's fleet is larger in size.

There are six legions, with a total of more than 2,400 warships including the main force and detachment fleets. If we were to make a list of contribution to the number of warships, the 11th Legion would be at the top, followed by the Word Bearers, the World Eaters, then the Midnight Lords and others.

When Curze came to join the war, the Emperor gave Curze a lot of family support.

"We have more warships on our side." Qin Xia raised his hand and tapped the helmet of a new think tank. "Why are you all so serious, as if you are facing a great enemy!"

"I forgot that we still have so many warships." The new think tank member smiled awkwardly, "I instinctively felt that we would have to fight with fewer people against more."

Qin Xia smiled and shrugged: "The Empire during the Great Crusade, kid."

As soon as he finished speaking, dense cracks appeared behind the White Knight at Mandeville Point.

The reality veil is useless to real creatures, and the subspace engine can easily open rifts, allowing the fleets of real creatures to enter and exit freely.

All the warships of the main force and the detachment fleet had already formed a battle formation before jumping into reality. Warships of various levels were arranged in staggered heights. After all of them entered reality, they immediately started their engines at full speed and advanced towards the Ullanor Empire fleet.

A battle formation consisting of six Queen of Glory-class battleships and hundreds of warships of various levels was at the front, roaring past the White Knight.

The Human Empire fleet approached the Ullanor Empire fleet that was hastily engaged. The moment the front battle formations of both sides engaged in battle, dense spears of light pierced through the void.

The engine of the largest warship of the Ullanor side was blown apart less than half a sun after the battle began.

The HMS Resolute, which was best at close combat, sailed past the side of the enemy flagship. All the sailors on the port side gun deck who were on high alert opened fire at the roar of the weapons officer. This salvo only penetrated the shield of the greenskin flagship, and the salvo from those torpedo tubes was the fatal blow.

After the roar of the cannon, the right side of the greenskin flagship was lifted up by hundreds of torpedoes. The explosion was accompanied by the mournful sound of metal twisting and folding due to the impact of the blast. After this beautiful symphony, the Ullanor side, which was already at an absolute disadvantage, lost its flagship.

"Surprise test." Qin Xia asked the think tanks, "Why can we hear the sound coming from the void now?"

"Because the rift opened when the super-large fleet jumped into the real universe greatly weakened the reality structure, causing supernatural phenomena to be everywhere in the entire Krako galaxy." A new think tank answered loudly.

"You answered correctly." Qin Xia said, "As a reward, you will go to Krako with me."

Upon hearing that he would be able to teleport with the Lord of the White Knights to Krako, that living hell where greenskin warlords roamed everywhere and generals were as numerous as dogs, the new Caliban-born think tank excitedly beat his chest and cast boastful eyes to his fellow think tanks.

During the conversation, the White Knight joined other warships of the Think Tank fleet and headed straight for Krako I.

Qin Xia was just observing the Battle of Krako, which would go down in history.

Neither the greenskins nor the humans had a way to command such a large-scale fleet battle in a unified and orderly manner, so the battle naturally turned into a melee.

Since his side was not at a disadvantage, the "unified action" ability that Angron had used was not activated.

The Primarch's wedding ships were at the forefront of the melee, as brave as the Primarchs who fought their way into the siege alone in a land battle, invincible and unstoppable.

The green-skinned warships heading towards them would explode one after another in an instant just by being fired upon by the Queen of Glory-class battleships.

Qin Xia saw that from time to time, several rays of light would be transmitted from each human warship to the greenskin warship. Each ray of light meant that a large number of Space Marine boarding teams had advanced alone. Then, after the shields of those warships were paralyzed, they flashed again and were focused on, which meant that the boarding teams had won and returned safely. A certain legion, a certain regiment, a certain boarding team, a new achievement was added to the glorious history of the Space Marines.

(End of this chapter)