Chapter 240 Chapter 106: First Battle with Hicks
Chapter 240 Chapter 106: First Battle - Hicks
Imperial calendar 0221.755.M39.
The advance force led by the Imperial Navy's Orpheus Sector Grand Fleet, under the leadership of the Grand Lord of the Imperial Supreme Court, Calvin, launched the first attack on the orcs who invaded the Hassan Sector.
The naval battle reached its climax at the beginning of the contact between the two sides.
Imperial Navy Admiral High Lord Juan led the main force of the Sector Grand Fleet, with a battle formation consisting of four battleships and 15 large cruisers, and launched a fierce offensive against the orcs stationed in the Hicks galaxy area.
The Imperial Navy seized a favorable position at the beginning of the battle. The tactical deficiency of the Orc Fleet was deliberately magnified against the background of the abundant manpower of the Imperial Fleet;
The shortcomings of the Orc Fleet, which were not good at long-range artillery battles of large fleets, were also keenly captured by the Imperial Navy Admiral Juan.
The Grand Fleet adopted a targeted tactic of dividing and attacking, using a small fleet to pull the Ork fleet out of the complex gravitational field in the center of the planet at the beginning of the battle;
When the Orks entered the parallel array, the main fleet joined the battlefield on the edge of the Hicks galaxy with the best firepower array line.
The disadvantage of the Ork fleet's main armor being all at the bow was deliberately targeted by the Grand Fleet's heavy fire at this critical moment;
The parallel battle situation lasted for less than a few hours, and the opponent's fleet formation was broken.
The large-scale naval battle stage on the battlefield ended here, and the battle turned to the stage of targeted pursuit and clearing under the unequal situation between the enemy and us.
At the same time, the second wave of Orpheus's attack on the Hicks galaxy was also led by the Astartes strike cruiser fleet led by Calvin, and it began to be carried out in the interior of the galaxy as planned.
In the planetary orbit of Hicks 1, a fleet composed of three Space Marine strike cruisers was conducting saturation orbital bombardment on the surface.
From a distant perspective, the main force of the Navy's Grand Fleet is still clearing out the scattered Ork fleets on the outskirts of the galaxy.
Behind the orbital strike group are four strike cruisers that have completed their missions on other planets and are rushing to Hicks I.
The life field and subspace power level on the surface of this planet have been evaluated by the psychic choir of the Inquisition.
Hicks I, which does not have a large amount of Waaaaah energy, is not worth investing in core combat forces;
Based on this battlefield information, the Supreme Command has a clear goal for the battle here:
Except for the core planet Hicks I, which must be retained as a fleet springboard, the rest of the planetary worlds are not included in the plan for the ground battle.
After the main force of the Navy's Grand Fleet completed the attack on the Ork fleet and expelled the target in the first wave of naval battles;
The second wave of fleets composed of the subsequent Astartes battle group strike cruisers will enter the field on time.
The Empire had no time to get entangled with the orcs on the surface, so the dozens of large virus bombs prepared in advance were released by the strike cruisers carrying the Astartes to the affiliated planets inside the galaxy.
After completing the "preliminary cleanup" of these planets, along with the confirmation of the destruction of the anti-aircraft weapons on the surface of Hicks No. 1;
Thousands of Astartes warriors led by Moloch, the leader of the Astartes Minotaurs, have been released from space by warships in orbit in airdrop capsules.
On the No. 1 continent on the surface of Hicks No. 1, the only remaining ground anti-aircraft firepower of the orcs has just been baptized by macro cannons and light spears.
The remaining orcs had no time to breathe and fear, and they saw the dense rain of death falling from the clouds.
"Waaaaaahh!"
A huge roar came out of the mouths of these orcs, and it was hard to tell whether they were angry or afraid.
A large number of crude individual weapons and a few surviving anti-aircraft guns roared in the sky in their dying struggle, firing dense but useless barrages at the empty pods of different colors;
Except for a few unlucky ones who were hit by Ork missiles and deviated from the landing point, most Space Marines successfully completed the airdrop to the predetermined target.
Groups of Astartes from different chapters rarely appeared in the same battlefield in an organized and large-scale manner;
A deafening war cry with different origins, under the roar of power armor and bolter guns with different paint, charged towards the destroyed orcs.
The heavy bombs were fired from the muzzles of the guns embedded with the Imperial Double-Headed Eagle with precise and cold burst rhythm under the auxiliary aiming of the power armor;
Against the background of the oncoming orcs being knocked down in groups, the sacred movement of death and revenge was played.
"Waaaaah!!!"
The orc warlord led the remaining formations under his command, killed the small group of Astartes he met along the way, gathered the scattered orc troops, and after wrapping up a wave of troops, he counterattacked the Astartes defense line outside the landing field under the fire above his head.
"For the Emperor!"
The different war cries finally merged into one, returning to the original mission of the Astartes.
Facing the tide of the orcs' dying counterattack, Moloch waved his halberd and eagle shield in his hand, leading the Astartes of unknown regiments to go upstream...
The subsequent transport barges on the track have been in place. With the closure of the artificial atmosphere function, the decks for large-scale airborne landings on the transport ships that are as dense as a school of fish have been opened one after another.
As the landing field on the surface was cleared, the landing window for the Astra Militarum and Knight Titans was notified to open.
The small airships and transport ships, like a school of fish, were deployed towards the landing field in the center of the fire denial circle under the protection of the roaring macro cannons and light spears of the strike cruisers.
The Astartes warriors still relied on the terrain to resist the impact of the orc armored forces inserted into the gap of the bombing circle with only the dreadnought as heavy firepower;
Behind their life-and-death battles, heavy artillery and armored units belonging to the Astra Militarum had already descended from the sky and began to complete orderly assembly on the ground;
The Knight Titans who walked out of the large anti-gravity transport cabin reacted the fastest. These pillars of the imperial military nobles were worthy of the blood flowing in their bodies; they did not wait for the entourage and guards around them to be in place, but turned their sights to the green tide several kilometers away in the first second after stepping out of the airdrop cabin.
The missiles on the shoulders were still in the process of locking onto large targets, but they would never delay the Imperial Knights from driving their sacred machine souls forward with heavy steps;
The laser pulse cannons and rapid-fire cannons that had already been fully charged had already started long-range leapfrogging in advance to provide strong support for the Astartes in front.
The armored corps of the Astra Militarum followed them, and the torrent of steel struggled to turn the engines in the sky of gunfire and smoke, rushing towards the enemies in front of the Emperor's angels...
The artillery fire of the fleet strike group in orbit had begun to extend outward at this time.
Under the guidance of the Slander Regiment and other Astartes infiltration forces, the newly assembled Orc troops were turned into dust by the light pillars and macro cannons that fell from the sky before they saw the enemy;
The Orc waves outside the battlefield had no more strength to support them.
And on other continental plates, there were also more and more airborne sites that were successfully opened up by the Astartes that fell from the sky.
72 hours is the final time limit left by the Command for the battle for this planet;
48 hours is the powerful answer given to the Command by thousands of Astartes warriors led by Moloch, with the support of millions of soldiers of the Tindaros Legion and several knight families from Reza!
When the images of large legions launching encirclement marches towards the hive cities on their respective continents were observed by the warships in orbit, the Command headed by Calvin finally looked at this place with a relaxed look.
Once the battle for the landing site is successfully launched, the next battle will not be about winning or losing, but only about time.
The strike cruisers in orbit have completed the tasks of space control and artillery support. The continued suppression of air control will be handed over to the follow-up troops.
The naval battle at the edge of the galaxy has ended. The strike cruisers belonging to Astartes restarted their engines without even having time to recover their troops, and continued to follow the pace of the navy fleet to the next battlefield.
The fourth wave of fleets belonging to the Mechanicus has arrived, and continuing to provide fire support and intelligence support to the ground forces is their first-stage mission.
The dark cloud-like Titan exclusive transport ships began to descend in order to join the battlefield on the ground at any time;
But more engineering ships have rushed to the dilapidated starports and defense fortresses on the orbit.
That is the exclusive battlefield for the peak of these imperial industrial forces.
Repairing them and re-activating the operation function and defense system of the starport here is the minimum goal given to Father Constantine by the command;
And with the support of a large amount of resources, turning this place into a bridgehead for the imperial army to attack the Hassan star zone and using stable supplies to support the army's next offensive is the highest expectation of the command for this place!
A large number of technicians, with the supplies on their ships, began to repair the buildings above the Hicks orbit;
It can be expected that this state will continue in the next few months until the operation and defense capabilities here reach the minimum standards of the command.
After 16 hours of fighting on the ground, the orcs had lost all control of the plains and transportation hubs;
After the large-scale mobile warfare ended, the encirclement and cleanup of the hive city had also been put on the ground's front-line combat objectives.
A large number of transport ships successively recovered the lightly armed Astartes companies on the ground, and then rushed to the fleet in front;
The heavily armed Terminators and Dreadnoughts were uniformly lowered by the subsequent combat barges, entering the final stage of the ground cleanup campaign.
Galvin and his Grey Knights have not yet joined the battlefield here, but the clanging of steel boots still resounds in the corridors of the Soul Redeemer day and night.
All Grey Knights are on guard, ready to intervene in the ground battle at any time.
Their team of nearly 600 people was given the position of a scalpel in the battle, dedicated to precise strikes against the orc leaders.
Once the Grand Fleet completes the attack and expulsion of the Orc Fleet, and the psychic feedback on the ground reaches the warning level, the Grey Knights, led by Calvin, will carry out targeted destruction of these high-energy gathering points of Waaaaah energy.
This is the attack plan proposed by Calvin himself, and it is also the result of his careful consideration of the Grey Knights' tactical positioning in this battle.
The battle against the Orcs may not be considered a traditional good spot for the Grey Knights in the eyes of other friendly forces;
But the existence of the Orcs' Waaaaah force field has been confirmed in the Orc War thousands of years ago.
And Calvin knew that in the absence of the Sisters of Silence, the best way to deal with it was for the Grey Knights, who had been integrated by the Legion's will, to confront the collective will of the Orcs head-on.
Moreover, in the records of the Alien Inquisition, the place where the Waaaaah energy gathered was the location of the powerful individual commander of the Orcs;
As the actual first person in personal force in this battle, Calvin had the obligation to kill the enemy chief.
At this time, he was fully armed and stood quietly on the bridge atrium of the Soul Redeemer.
Once the war started, the specific command power was delegated to the front-line command;
In addition to real-time statistics and sorting of information from the front fleet, and occasionally tactical guidance from high-ranking generals on duty;
The headquarters now only has the function of supervising and deploying the progress of the logistics and follow-up troops' marches and various attachments.
The success of the battle for Hicks allowed the Empire to survive the initial threshold of the battle to recover the Hassan star zone.
But neither the main force of the Orc fleet nor their commander has appeared yet;
These biggest threats are still hidden outside the fog of war, and he can't help but worry about it.
There was fire again on the distant naval battlefield, and Calvin knew that it was the frigate using torpedoes to execute the final execution of the Orc warship whose engine was destroyed.
The large fleet still maintained a vigilant array, and with the small-scale contact of the transport fleet in the rear, it carried out temporary supplies on the battlefield in fixed batches.
The second wave of fleets had completed the docking with the transport ships that came from the rear and recovered the Space Marines that had been sent down before;
After the main battlefield was fully taken over by the Astra Militarum and Knight Titans, they also cruised in battle formation outside the navy fleet.
The fleet composed of strike cruisers has entered the standard naval battle state at this time.
The loaded macro cannons and the charged light spear array are like hedgehogs with blown hair, densely aiming at the outside of the fleet trajectory to prevent the possible surprise attack of the reinforcements of the Orc fleet.
Fortunately, until the supply was completed, no new enemies appeared outside the battlefield.
When the engines of the large fleet flashed bright tail flames again, Calvin breathed a sigh of relief and gave orders to the fleet behind him, following the fleet in front to the next battlefield - Palmer.
The mechanical ark fleet of the Reza Forge World in the rear also slowly caught up with the fleet in front;
The Titan Legion, which failed to exercise the power of the Om Messiah on the battlefield, was still sleeping quietly in the huge transport ship;
The black curtain like cumulonimbus formed by them was tightly wrapped in the center of the fleet by the mechanical ark frigates;
And the Star Legion transport fleet that followed directly across the Hicks battlefield in the distance also formed the last puzzle to the next battlefield under Calvin's gaze.
The war has just begun, and the war will continue...
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