Chapter 330: The Rise of the Primarch: The Battle of the Morning Star

The huge breech block was slowly opened, and as the heavy gun door opened to one side, the gorgeous starry sky outside the cave entrance came into view. The dark background of the solar system was now like a gorgeous canvas, depicting and spewing the beautiful and magnificent scenery created by colors.

The flying lasers, flashing bullets and various colors of fire filled the background of the Milky Way, but soon the beautiful picture was blocked by a dark object. The cylindrical metal object was pushed into the barrel, but soon it lit up again and was illuminated by the fire.

The huge explosion flame instantly lit up the entire barrel, and the dark object blocking the barrel whistled out of the muzzle, its body rubbing against the rifling inside the barrel and spinning rapidly. It was a shell, a huge macro cannon shell that whistled out.

The huge heavy shells as big as buildings burst out from the muzzle, and the end of the shells drove the raging fire that gushed out of the muzzle to illuminate the angel on one side. The golden statue stood in the center of the gun deck holding the holy sword, and its right cheek and body were illuminated by the fire, and then the left side of the body was also illuminated by the roar of the macro cannon on the other side.

The entire row of macro cannons on the entire artillery deck fired at the same time, and dozens of thick shells whizzed out from all around it. Its body was instantly illuminated by the raging fire, illuminated by the artillery fire and the surface explosion flames they hit the target.

The huge shells whizzed across the gorgeous starry sky. In the gorgeous sea where the shells flew over, countless warship wreckages floated, they shattered and floated in the gorgeous colors, and those colors themselves also spread from them. The fuel and chemical elements in the warships were projected into the starry sky in the explosion, and various elements blended together to become the flickering fluorescent sea.

The Terra night sky, which was once completely dark, has completely turned into a paradise of colors. Blue, red and cyan colors permeate the curtain of the universe, just like a painting that splashes paint and luminous powder on the background of the Milky Way.

The rotating warhead drove the blessing scriptures carved on it to slide across the night sky. The colors and dust fuel that permeated the background of the universe were quickly pierced by the golden warhead. The shell whizzed past like a speedboat rushing through the waves. It and the shells fired in that direction at the same time left a long path in the background of the universe. All the colors were squeezed to both sides by them, thus leaving a clear path trace.

The golden shell suddenly crossed the gorgeous starry sea and flew over the blue dust storm. It broke out of the colorful cloud and hit the battleship on the other side.

Just before the shells were about to touch the surface armor of the warship, the dazzling void shield quickly gathered outside the armor layer, and in an instant, the sky-high explosion flames rose above the shield, followed by the subsequent shells from all around that ruthlessly bombarded the surface of the void shield, and violent explosions rose above the side of the warship, like a erupting volcano.

But when the flames of the explosion burned out, the void shield was still flickering, and the warship under it was still suspended in the night sky, and it also roared with thunder.

All the macro cannons on its side fired in unison, and the neat muzzle roared and spewed flames on the side of the warship. In the flames, a whole row of shells whistled out and flew towards the gorgeous galaxy background. Not only that, there were dozens of similar warships around this warship that were also firing and roaring at the same time.

Countless muzzle flames lit up on the sides of these warships, their armored surfaces were illuminated by flames, and the buildings on the back of the warships engraved with blasphemous symbols were completely illuminated by the flames of the macro cannons on one side, and huge shadows extended to the other side of the dim warships. In the firelight, those shadows were huge and long.

The whistling shells shot across the gorgeous galaxy background like raindrops, and several flames instantly exploded at the location of their initial contact points. Those were the flames of the frigates at the front disintegrating in the explosion. Those flames rose up and projected their dazzling light onto Terra's orbit.

Captain Cole stood in the bridge and looked at the exploding ship. The captain's hands were pressed on the armrests in front of him. His face was illuminated by the explosions one after another. The barrage of rapid-fire cannons swept from the chaotic fleet on the other side of the night sky of the solar system like raindrops. Those dense barrages bombarded the Infinite Frontier, lighting up the sparks of the explosions.

Cole completely ignored the flames of the explosions. He raised his hand as the bridge shook slightly, pointing at the Chaos fleets that were rushing in from the explosions. They were moving at a very fast speed, and the flames of their thrusters were like meteors crossing the universe.

"Order all fleets to adjust their course immediately! Focus the side ship firepower on the Chaos warships that are attacking, and never let them break through to the vicinity of the orbit! They may be full of Chaos Space Marines, and once they are allowed to attack to the boarding distance, we will be finished!"

"Tell the Mechanicus fleet to immediately intersperse and kill them! All warships, all orbital arrays open fire! Pull out the blockade!" Cole punched the armrest in front of him and yelled. His order was quickly responded to by the operator below. The battlefield controller sitting in front of the terminal screen tapped his fingers on the mechanical keyboard quickly, and the crackling sound of raindrops hitting the roof in the heavy rain was loaded into the system and transmitted in the blink of an eye.

The entire Imperial fleet began to turn rapidly. All the fleets around and behind the Infinite Frontier aimed their guns in the direction pointed by Cole. In an instant, countless artillery fires lit up from all around Cole. Macro cannon shells whizzed past the violent vibration of the ship, followed by a dense barrage of firepower like raindrops, which was a dense fire net woven by rapid-fire cannons and missiles.

Among those warheads flying across the stars, shining spears of light rushed through at the speed of light. The bright spearheads were concentrated on the charging Chaos warships at once, and the shields of the small frigates were pierced in an instant.

Their shields disappeared in the flash, followed by a storm of destruction. A series of barrages bombarded them, and macro cannon shells hit the bow of their warships, followed by a terrifying explosion. The huge explosion instantly tore apart the entire bow of the frigate.

In the flames of the explosion, dense barrages and missiles were fired into it, and new explosions occurred in the explosions. The raging flames superimposed on each other and connected to each other to form a long wall of flames on the scale of the Milky Way.

But suddenly, a series of torpedoes were fired from the flames. The proton torpedoes flashing red light roared across the stars. They shot through the wreckage of the Empire and Chaos warships floating in the outer orbit and shot at the Empire fleet assembled in the Terra orbit with lightning speed.

Without Cole's order, all warships quickly began to intercept with firepower. In an instant, the fleet hovering outside the orbital starport fired a rainstorm of barrages at the flashing torpedoes. Many of the torpedoes were intercepted and exploded by anti-aircraft artillery, turning into new gorgeous fireworks in the night sky.

But some of the torpedoes broke through the fire interception, and they roared and leaped to the outside of the fleet. Suddenly, the armor on both sides of the flying torpedoes all popped outward, and the cluster warheads attached to their sides were all fired instantly, and one torpedo became dozens of missiles, or even dozens of missiles.

In the blink of an eye, a rain of missiles appeared outside the window of the entire bridge. Cole opened his eyes wide and looked at the missiles. The rain-like missiles all hit the Infinite Frontier and the surrounding warships. Although most warships relied on their void shields to block the incoming warheads, the shield strength was instantly weakened.

Explosion, followed by explosion. Cole was startled and immediately raised his head to look out the window at a destroyer that exploded on the side of the Infinite Frontier. Its body was broken in the middle.

"Captain! The Avian radar scan shows that a large number of enemy ships are coming from the side of the battlefield!" The Avian Captain below Cole shouted. He looked at the radar screen in front of him. On the green scanning screen, a large number of light spots suddenly appeared in front of the side of the Imperial Fleet.

Cole immediately turned his head and looked along the diagonal line of the destroyer explosion. He saw those Chaos ships. Those servants of the evil god were rushing towards the Imperial Navy fleet from the flank of the battlefield. The Chaos assault fleet that was destroyed by the Imperial Navy before, just used its own flames to form a fire cloud zone that blocked the vision after the explosion, so that the Empire did not discover their actions.

Cruel tactics, relying on sacrificing low-level members of the fleet to block the vision, thus creating a battlefield blind spot to cover the main fleet's assault. Cole can be sure that the other fleet commander is also an excellent captain, a cruel, ruthless but quite excellent commander.

But Cole had no time to admire the excellence of his colleagues. The Chaos fleets that rushed in from the flank of the battlefield fired fiercely at the flank of the Imperial fleet. The light spears and bombardment cannons on their backs were aimed at the flank course, and their complete side line firepower was aimed at the front of the battlefield, causing their vulnerable bows to fire at the Imperial fleet on one side.

The dense artillery fire hit the Imperial fleet on Cole's side. The Imperial warships hovering in orbit exploded one after another. The light spear shield-breaking bombardment cannons blew through the armor with one shot. The rapid explosions exploded in the fleet like raindrops in a very short time. Even Cole's ship was hit by several of the shells.

In the violent vibration, Cole was almost knocked to the ground by the side. He hit the handrail all of a sudden. Cole's elbow hurt on the stone platform, but he just took a breath and stood up immediately. He didn't even have time to curse because the bird general below screamed.

"Captain! We were hit by the light spears continuously! The strength of the void shield dropped sharply! Only 30% of the strength is left! It can't withstand the next attack!"

Cole punched the armrest angrily, he stood up and looked out the window with a roar, "Where is the oil man?! Are they dead?!"

"No, Captain, we are not." Cole cursed until the communication terminal next to him suddenly rang with that calm voice, even in this chaotic battlefield, it was so mechanical and calm.

Cole stared at the audio band on the screen and was stunned for a moment, then he was attracted by the dazzling fire outside the window. He saw the Chaos assault fleets that exploded and disintegrated, and those Chaos warships that were advancing at high speed exploded into dazzling sparks during the impact.

A red high-speed fleet that destroyed them was a group of red warships that were advancing at high speed. Their speed was so fast that they seemed like light cavalry charging in a roundabout way on the battlefield.

The Mechanicus fleet also rushed out of the explosion fire cloud that obscured the field of vision. They were like a group of wolves ambushing in the wind and snow, suddenly charging out when their prey thought they were safe behind them. It was more advanced than other warships in the empire, and its propulsion system quickly detoured back to the side and rear of the Chaos Fleet.

Although the side caliber of the red ship is smaller and less powerful than that of Imperial battleships of the same class, its rate of fire is far faster than the rapid firing of the cannons of ships of the same class as Empire and Chaos. The light spear mounted on its back is also smaller. They all turned around, and the Mechanicus fleet maneuvered through the side and rear of the Chaos Fleet and ruthlessly bombarded the rear of the Chaos Fleet with destructive artillery fire.

The Chaos warships, which were facing away from the Mechanicus fleet and unable to fight back, were all hit. Under the operation of the Mechanicus' excellent fire control array, all the shells hit the target accurately. In an instant, the entire Chaos fleet became a piece of debris. spark.

The crew members on the bridge of the Infinite Frontier stood up and cheered when they saw the sparks blooming. The sailors on many Imperial ships cheered when they saw the Chaos ship that was destroyed by the Mechanicum and turned into flames. Standing up, Cole also looked at the sparks with a smile on his face like them.

But suddenly another explosion occurred, and new sparks joined the sea of ​​​​fire, but it was not the Chaos fleet, but the ship of the Mechanicus!

Cole stared at the exploding Mechanicus ships with wide eyes. Their void shields were shattered by a series of precise and rapid light spear bombardments, and then they were hit by equally precise artillery interceptions. The Emperor is on top! The shell actually hit the Mechanicus ship that was sailing at high speed! The shooter's experience is unbelievable. How many naval battles and years of experience are needed to achieve an accurate lead estimate?

Cole soon got the answer. When the fire clouds dissipated, Cole saw the real main force of the black fleet. Different from the Chaos fleet that had interspersed attacks before, those ships were typical mortal naval battleships, and now they appeared in The ships in front of Cole were all battleships fully equipped with Chaos Space Marines, belonging to the fleet directly under the Rebel Legion!

Those naval sailors who had rebelled for thousands of years put their rich experience to use. Although they did not have the precise fire control system of the Mechanicus, they relied on their rich experience of thousands of years to perfectly hit the Mechanicus fleet.

The red fleet turned into the remnants of the explosion in the universe. Due to the inertia of rapid flight, its fragments also drew a large distance forward, spreading forward like a large meteor with flames.

"Priest! Retreat to the main fleet immediately! All ships begin to retreat! Abandon mid-level orbit and retreat to low-Earth orbit, retreat within the range of orbital firepower and ground defense firepower! Execute immediately!"

Cole shouted the order, and Anna below him raised her head and looked at Cole above, "What's wrong, Captain?"

"The commander of the opposing fleet is simply a lunatic. He sacrificed two squadrons to expose our mobile fleet. The first wave of fleets he sacrificed was to cause us assault damage. All the enemy ships were rushed into from the flanks. All the firepower was directed at our destroyers, frigates and light cruisers, all of which were ships that could maneuver quickly, while the more bulky ships with firepower and chaos were all spared. "

Cole frowned and looked at the huge battleship in the center of the Chaos Fleet in the distance, the Glory Queen-class battleship surrounded by countless hunting groups. He stayed away from the battlefield like an alpha wolf hiding in the shadows, hiding among the huge fleet. , but he also commanded the wolves under his command as skillfully as the wolf king, giving the opponent the most fatal blow.

"The purpose of his second wave of sacrificial fleets was to draw out the Mechanicus' mobile fleets, and then severely damage and destroy them, thereby completely destroying our mobile power. The remaining bulky ships with slower speeds would be like using without infantry support. Once the tanks enter the vast star field, they will be surrounded and eaten by their more flexible fleets and the main fleet, just like wolves hunting, forcing the huge but clumsy opponent into the wolves’ hunting ground.”

"Cruel but cunning guy, I really want to know what that person's name is." Cole looked at the bridge of the Queen of Glory and whispered. He knew that the captain was on the bridge. He was a genius, and now Cole said You are about to fight a cosmic battle with him, and he must not underestimate the enemy.

Cole looked at Anna below, and then pointed at the remaining Imperial fleet outside the window, "We can't be fooled by Chaos. If we stay in the central ring, we will wait for death! Order the fleet to retreat quickly and shrink back to the range where orbital firepower can cover it, and move the fleet Focus on low-Earth orbit to gather defenses to avoid being divided and surrounded by fast fleets.”

"As you command, Captain!" Anna said and then nodded to the Captain Bird on the side. The Captain with a mechanical eye patch on his face also nodded, and then quickly typed on the keyboard with his flexible mechanical fingers, giving orders. It was also implemented quickly.

"Kent, turn around before those wolves pounce." Cole looked out the window at the advancing huge Chaos Fleet and said. The helmsman Old Kent directly below him held the rudder, and he suddenly pulled a stick on his hand. Pulling the lever, "Yes, Captain."

Old Kent began to turn the rudder greatly, and the Infinite Frontier began to change direction as he turned the rudder. The vector jet on the belly sprayed a huge pillar of fire to one side, pushing the warship to turn. Other large imperial warships were surrounding it. It also began to turn, and the entire fleet was turning back to retreat.

Anna looked at the starry sky passing by outside the window and turned to look in the direction of Cole. The captain was standing above her and pressing on the armrest, "But captain, if we shrink the defense line, other defensive fleets will definitely receive the same message." The news begins to shrink, and Terra's defense fleet is equivalent to giving up most of its control over the universe, and cannot effectively prevent Chaos from airdropping troops to the ground. "

Cole glanced at Anna below, then raised his head to look at Terra's body coming into view outside the window. He looked to one side towards the boundary of the planet's horizon that shone with a ray of light in the sun. There was also a star in the starry sky there. A dense invasion fleet is approaching.

"The only thing we can do to help Vito is to intercept as many Chaos fleets as possible to prevent them from sending more troops down. The rest can only be relied on by themselves. May the Emperor bless you."

"There's only one more thing we can do, pray."

Cole said as he looked at the first black fleet warship approaching Terra's atmosphere in the distance. He passed quickly above the atmosphere, and a series of light spots flashed below it. They were Death Claw landing pods. , those iron rains of death plunged into the atmosphere, crashing into Terra with blazing flames.