Chapter 507 495 Evil Omen Ark (IV)

Chapter 507 495. The Ark of Evil Omen (IV)

The Chaos Fleet broke in from Mandeville Point. The vanguard was a cruiser of unknown model and two Sword-class frigates. At the same time, four modified armed ships could be seen.

This small force was not even the vanguard in the intelligence, but only a small reconnaissance force. After seeing such an army coming, the Gris force immediately ordered the navy to fight.

Two "Fearless" class cruisers sailed towards the enemy in front of them. The "Fearless" class cruiser inherited the previous style of the Tigris battleship. Six 900mm caliber sub-ion cannons were deployed on the front armor plate, which could cause a fierce blow to the enemy at a distance of millions of kilometers. The guards artillery and small-caliber artillery distributed on the lower deck can also cause a great blow to the enemy. At the same time, it can also take off aerospace fighters for escort missions to ensure the safety of the entire battleship.

In terms of maneuverability, in addition to the conventional plasma engine and nuclear fusion engine, the solar sail at the rear provides additional power while also enabling the warship to have excellent maneuverability while having powerful firepower. Even if it encounters an enemy in the subspace, it can rely on the sail to move forward with the energy tide in the turbulent waves of the subspace.

This type of cruiser usually serves as the flagship of the escort fleet or the chief of the destroyer fleet formation. Now it is a wise choice to let these two cruisers lead a dozen small warships to conduct exploration. Because both sides are not clear about each other's combat strength and are very cautious, the commanders did not rush in recklessly, but carefully tested each other's strength and made corresponding plans.

The Tegris cruiser formation and the frigate formation immediately formed a long snake formation, which was convenient for aiming the side-spinning firepower at the enemy. The six destroyers were arranged in a shovel shape, ready for a torpedo assault. They will assault to a suitable distance and release torpedoes to destroy the enemy cruisers as much as possible.

The form of Chaos was a little subtle. The cruisers and frigates were not arranged in a long snake formation, but in an arrow shape. It was obvious that the enemy intended to use the assault tactics usually used by Chaos to fight against the Tegris. That was because Chaos inherited a large number of technologies and ships left by the Horus camp during the Horus Heresy, and the main firepower of these ships was concentrated on the bow, which was convenient for breakthrough attacks.

On the other hand, Chaos can also achieve another purpose in this way. When the warship successfully arrived at a close enough distance, it released a large number of Hell Claw attack pods to launch a boarding operation against the enemy, allowing the Astartes to destroy and occupy the enemy warships.

But next to such a lineup, four armed merchant ships began to stagnate, and through radar, they seemed to be releasing something.

"Have those merchant ships been transformed into small aircraft carriers? But how many planes can such a small thing release?"

After observing the enemy's actions, the commander of the Tegris fleet immediately understood the role of those merchant ships, but he really couldn't figure out why those small merchant ships were transformed into aircraft carriers.

On the battlefield of the universe, small aircraft are becoming less and less useful, just like light missiles, and are slowly becoming a story of the past. Today, these weapons are more often seen on the battlefield on the ground, rather than in the confrontation between warships in space.

But just when people were puzzled, those flying objects suddenly moved forward at a very fast speed, even faster than the shells accelerated by rockets. All the Tegris soldiers were shocked, because apart from seeing Aida's fighters, they had never thought that Chaos fighters could run so fast.

And when they saw what was coming, everyone couldn't believe their eyes:

It was a giant dragon flying from hell, now soaring in the void of the galaxy. The hundreds of meters long hell dragon, the terrible demon engine easily flew with the help of the projection of the subspace in the physical universe, the giant claws under the wings could easily tear the battleship apart, and the hellfire in the mouth could turn the members inside into charcoal. No one wanted to be caught by this thing, not even the huge battleship.

This is an extra-large Hell Dragon. Different from the small dragons on the battlefield, these dragons are specially made to fight against enemy warships. However, due to its huge body, it needs a more powerful demon to drive it, and it also needs a better workshop to manufacture it, so this kind of demon engine is relatively rare.

But now Orega threw out 12 at once, because he has the help of the Warp Forge Master behind him. With the help of that powerful and unknown existence, the Demon Prince can get a steady stream of demon engine support.

"Anti-aircraft artillery fire immediately, smash those monsters for me!!"

More than 20 Hell Dragons symbolized the attack of the Teclis formation, and they were greeted by a dense anti-aircraft array. Lasers and live ammunition weapons fired in the direction of the Hell Dragon, but the cunning demon engine easily avoided those artillery shells that looked slow in the void, and at the same time, it was spewing fire from its mouth, as if mocking the accuracy of those people. Even if some shells successfully hit the Hell Dragons, the characteristics of the Demon Engine itself meant that they were difficult to destroy in the physical universe. They could only destroy their outer shells and internal structures, and most of them could be expelled back into the subspace after that.

Under the seemingly intensive firepower attack, the fleet barely managed to shoot down two flying dragons. Although the remaining ten flying dragons suffered various losses and losses, the main combat power still existed. At the same time, the demons became even more angry, and the losses caused by the fleet that encountered them next would only be greater.

"Main gun to air! Damn it! Main gun to air! Change the activation mode of all shells, we must destroy those monsters with the first round of artillery!"

Under the command of the fleet commander, the naval soldiers of the vanguard immediately changed the shells in the barrels, allowing the explosives to explode in the air and destroy the enemy's fighter planes. Although this would temporarily make them lose the ability to counterattack enemy ships, what is more deadly at present is the approaching hell dragons.

With the addition of the main gun anti-aircraft shrapnel, the threat of the hell dragon was finally greatly reduced. Now each shrapnel shot from the main gun can shoot down a flying dragon. In just one minute, four more flying dragons were killed. But even though the firepower was sufficient for this minute, there was no way to make up for the mistakes caused by insufficient firepower just now.

The six Hell Dragons still came to attack, and the Vulcan cannons and missiles hanging under the wings began to bombard the warships below. Some dragons even pounced directly on the frigates and tore off the turrets and hulls alive.

The brutal naval battle began at this moment.