Chapter 445 The Arrow Release

Meeting is over.

Fu Qinghai returned to the Suzheng.

"Eugene, notify the crew to return to the battleship."

"Yes, Khan."

The mortal captain took the order and left.

Many mortal crew members took advantage of the rest period of the war group fleet to go to the Atar Median Forge World Port to play and spend money. This situation is allowed. As for your question, isn't there a forge factory everywhere in a forge world? Where are the recreational facilities? Then you underestimate the oil man.

In the days when the Forge World was responsible for diplomacy independently, those diplomats who were highly modified with prosthetics but still looked beautiful and handsome, took into account the aesthetics of both mortals and machines. Even if the cost of beautiful "machine girls" was too high, it was just to make the sailors feel refreshed. The oil man had plenty of ways.

"Lin Yu, report on the rest and supply situation."

"Yes, Khan."

The attendant picked up the data pad and began to report.

The focus was on purifying the machine souls, cleaning the cabins and renovating several captured ships. This work took the longest time, so the Ruling Sage assigned many technical priests from the Atar Median Forge World to participate in it, and cooperate with the regiment's technical sergeants to complete these complicated tasks in a short time.

The Brain of M.O.D.O.K. This transformation is almost equivalent to obtaining the innate abilities of the Ultramarines in disguise, and is an enhanced version comparable to the Primarch level (it is said that Robert Guilliman can process more than 50,000 pieces of information at the same time, and Perturabo actually has this ability). The human brain is comparable to a computer, and it is almost impossible to make mistakes in such data sorting and statistical work.

Lin Yu finished his report quickly.

"Okay, notify all warships to weigh anchor."

"Yes, Khan."

After the fleet set off, they will have a long voyage to sail. After Fu Qinghai returned to the captain's room, he opened the armor plates on his body layer by layer, walked out of the power armor, prepared to change into light and loose robes, and then began his routine meditation practice.

Fu Qinghai raised his hand and pressed the bedroom button.

The hatch just slid open to the sides.

Fu Qinghai noticed something was wrong.

On the 10-meter-square bed of the war captain, a beautiful woman with white skin and pink hair was lying on the messy white bedding. Zofia was only wearing simple cotton briefs and a knitted tank top, without any lace mesh tulle to enhance her sexy look, and naturally revealed a pure and lustful lazy taste. The captain in charge was lazily leaning on the pillow, with a white arm hanging down the side of the bed, holding a wine glass in his hand, and two empty glass bottles were lying beside the bed.

All wines from Quartis.

You stinky bitch...

Fu Qinghai narrowed his eyes slightly.

Do you know how expensive this wine is?

He drank two bottles by himself.

"Aoyama~"

Zofia raised her head and called softly.

Her eyes were blurry, her eyelashes were thick and long, and her face was flushed, making her freckles look less noticeable. The girl raised her hand to rub her messy hair, revealing her clean and white armpit skin. She pursed her lips slightly and muttered,

"My mechanical dream... seems to have come back again, hiccups! I just want to drink some wine, come, to relieve it."

Fu Qinghai's mouth twitched.

I don't think you are having a mechanical dream attack.

I think you have a fever.

Fu Qinghai said nothing, he took out the Pym ray pistol from the drawer and shot himself in the head, then shrunk and walked barefoot to the bed and sat down, smelling a body fragrance mixed with alcohol. Seeing this, the girl immediately got out of bed, but instead of standing up, she moved in front of the man. Zofia knelt in front of Fu Qinghai with her feet together, looked up at the man and smiled foolishly, holding his knees with both hands.

…

"May I have your name."

The male voice asked in a low voice.

"Zo, Zofia."

The female voice replied breathlessly.

"Full name."

"Zofia Tan Draconis."

"Bang!"

"ah!"

"Say it again."

"My name is, my name is..."

"Zofia Tan Aoyama's little dog."

"Mmm…"

......

The Imperial Army launched a new offensive.

On the battlefield, sometimes a key piece of information can change a lot. After the Imperial Army changed its tactics, although the losses of the Imperial Guard increased suddenly, the Dark Mechanicus felt very uncomfortable. Feeling that they could not gain any advantage, the Black Mechanicus did not want to exchange blood with the Empire anymore and gradually began to retreat.

The five Astartes Chapters assembled once again.

All the Astartes Chapters were very satisfied with this goal, and even looked forward to it, because they were about to face their fallen cousins, the Chaos Space Marines.

Fighting against Chaos Space Marines always brings satisfaction to Loyalist Space Marines, because in a sense, it is a process of cleansing their own shame and stigma.

Even after 10,000 years, when many historical records have been lost, there are still people who firmly believe that the culprit and initiator of the great rebellion that swept the entire galaxy 10,000 years ago was the Astartes. Without the Astartes, there would be no Horus Heresy, without the Astartes, those bloodshed and atrocities would not have happened, and without the Astartes, the human empire would have been more prosperous.

This "Astartes Guilty Theory" and "Astartes Threat Theory" are still popular not only today, but also ten thousand years later. Not only do mortals always look at these superhuman soldiers with vigilance and fear, but there are also many radical inquisitors who have been tirelessly investigating historical clues, trying to find evidence to prove that the rebellion ten thousand years ago was caused by the Astartes. So the first thing Robert Guilliman did after getting up and returning to Terra was to revise history, retell the history of the rebellion he had personally experienced, and tell people the truth.

He was once an emperor angel admired by everyone.

Now it is a source of rebellion that everyone is wary of.

This sharp contrast would make any veteran who had experienced both the Great Crusade and the Heresy feel extremely humiliated. The Space Marines needed to vent their anger - but not on civilians. The Chaos Space Marines, the real instigators and culprits, were the best targets for venting.

For Fu Qinghai, he is a reincarnation and an outsider. He does not have much shame and does not expect to be admired by mortals, but he also likes to fight against Chaos Space Marines, because the Khan has never forgotten his "original intention" - to expand the regiment by absorbing the gene seeds of traitor Space Marines.

He even did an analysis.

Among the nine rebel legions, the Night Lords are the most likely to have pure gene-seeds, as most of the Bat-Children do not care about Chaos. The Sons of Horus, Iron Warriors and Alphas are next in line, and their beliefs are usually more chaotic, with some believing in everything and others believing in nothing. The remaining four legions: the Emperor's Children, Death Guard, Thousand Sons and World Eaters, are the chosen legions of Slaanesh, Nurgle, Tzeentch and Khorne, respectively, and are the most corrupted. It is the most difficult to find uncontaminated gene-seeds in them - but it is not completely impossible!

The gene-seed composition of the Iron Pagoda Chapter also basically conforms to this rule. As the Chief Potion Master, Camille personally operated or supervised every transformation operation. He counted the gene-seed composition of the chapter: the White Scars accounted for the absolute majority, followed by the Night Lords, then the Iron Warriors, less than a company of the Emperor's Children, and a single-digit number of World Eaters.

…

Just before the Chaos Fleet was about to withdraw from the Iron Ring, a combined fleet of five Astartes Chapters finally intercepted them, and a brutal battle was inevitable.

A battle to the death.

The bridge of the Supremacy.

"Qingshan, Hexu Luo asked you to command us."

Nasir Amit said in the projection:

"If you have any ideas, please tell me now."

The Blood Angel's eyes were red and he was breathing heavily.

The Flesh Tearers' Chapter Master was a little impatient.

All the chapter leader projections looked at Fu Qinghai.

"I don't have any idea."

Fu Qinghai said calmly:

"What other strategies can be used in a standard boarding battle? It's nothing more than that we engage the enemy, we open fire, we board the ship, and we win. That's all. The machine spirit automatically coordinates and assigns targets. I only have one request..."

"Leave the largest battleship to me."

Fu Qinghai used his power as commander.

Several chapter leaders looked at each other and said,

"Okay."

Marshal Hexu Luo really found me a good job. Fu Qinghai thought to himself. Let me command four Astartes regiments. How could these arrogant soldiers listen to me? Besides, what tricks can they play in the boarding operation?

Standardized combat procedures.

Standardized meat grinders and slaughterhouses.

"The enemy is waiting for us in the distance, let's go!"

Fu Qinghai waved his hand and gave the order.

The holographic projections of the Chapter Master went dark.

The combined fleet split into several groups and attacked the Chaos fleet.

Many people know that the White Scars are known for their speed, but many people don't know that in addition to speed, the White Scars have another label - they are good at space naval battles.

Although space naval battles in the Warhammer 40K universe are similar to sailing warship battles in the real world - broadsides, cannons exchanged, boarding and seizing ships... all the elements are complete, but there are still big differences between the two. The biggest difference: in the era of sailing warships, ships fought on the sea surface, and the combat environment was similar to a two-dimensional plane, while space naval battles are in a three-dimensional space. With an extra dimension and a vertical axis, the form of war will be very different. Naval officers are required to have extremely strong spatial perception and direction discrimination capabilities.

White scars are an example of this.

So, who is the Space Marine who is not good at space naval warfare? Space Wolves. Space Wolves have a more sensitive sense of smell than other Space Marines. They like to rely on their sense of smell and intuition to make judgments. However, their sense of smell and intuition may be effective in close combat, but they are almost useless in space naval warfare.

The fleet is advancing rapidly.

Through the armored portholes, one could see the hazy, bright, flickering nebulae and star dust spinning overhead, enough to cause dizziness, nausea and vomiting in people who were already prone to motion sickness. The edges of the meteorite belt and star rings were constantly retreating, and the Chaos Fleet was trying to lead the Astartes Combined Fleet into a complex cosmic domain. They were circling around the stars like jackals circling a corpse.

"Space mines detected ahead!"

Eugene said in a deep voice.

"They even laid out minefields in advance."

Fu Qinghai smiled and said:

"You are well prepared."

The mines, stars, and meteorites formed a complex battlefield. Although there were hundreds of kilometers of vacuum in between, the Astartes Joint Fleet had almost no room to maneuver. They were sandwiched between the minefield, the star orbit, and the planetary atmosphere below. The narrow space made it impossible for a ship of the size of the "Rectification" to turn around at maximum thrust. A slight delay or a wrong order would cause the battle barge to hit a mine, fall into the planet's atmosphere and break into pieces, or rush into the star's ionosphere and burn its keel.

Tied up.

It was like two strong men fighting in a coffin.

Right now.

The warships of other regiments had already opened fire in advance.

As if a beast had suddenly awakened from its silence, the baffles covering the bow opened, unleashing the fury of the macro cannons and torpedoes. Multiple warships launched giant shells loaded with high explosives and boarding torpedoes loaded with even more dangerous creatures, raining down on the Chaos fleet. Fu Qinghai didn't understand why the Bloodthirsters and Fleshtearers were launching boarding torpedoes now.

A giant torpedo passed by the battleship.

Fu Qinghai turned his head and looked over inadvertently.

I seemed to catch a glimpse of a red cross on the black torpedo.

Hmm?

Fu Qinghai suddenly thought of it.

The Blood Angels, a red cross on a black background...

Death Company! They sent in the Death Company!

"Tsk tsk, you're going to use this trick right after you come in?"

Fu Qinghai raised his head and scanned the vast starry sky and the fierce battlefield through the armored porthole. He already knew that the opponent this time was the Iron Warriors, after the last boarding and capturing the enemy. It is said that Perturabo himself did not like to observe the battlefield through the portholes, thinking that this was an invalid behavior. The Iron Warrior Primarch required the Legion flagship to seal all the portholes and only allowed the use of detectors, sensors and auspicious instruments to observe the battlefield - this is an example of the Iron Lord's excessive superstition of data. I don't know if the warships in the Chaos Fleet also have portholes.

Watch and watch.

Fu Qinghai suddenly came up with an idea.

"The technical sergeant immediately went to the torpedo deck and temporarily modified the anti-ship torpedo. He removed the metal foil and thermal flares from the close-in weapon array and installed them on the tail of the torpedo."

The Chapter Master shouted the order.

"Yes, Khan."

Many technical soldiers took the order and left.

"Khan, shall we open fire?"

Eugene looked up and asked.

The other Chapter fleets were already caught in heavy firefights.

There was still no movement from the Iron Pagoda Fleet.

"etc."

Fu Qinghai said as he stared at the screens.

On the screen of the auspicious instrument, rune spots of various sizes were marked, and densely packed space mines of various types were quietly suspended in the void. Space mines were usually used to block airports or as one of the planetary orbital defense facilities. Occasionally, they could also be used as a means to stop pursuers. Like torpedoes, they would not be intercepted by void shields. However, the temporary mines were often messy and dense, just like now, the intervals between minefields were very small, and some were out of order.

"Khan, the torpedo modification is complete!"

A technical sergeant said on the communication channel.

"Very good... ready to fire a torpedo salvo."

Fu Qinghai said slowly.

"Torpedo deck ready."

The crew reported back promptly.

"Light spear charging and ready."

"The light spear array is ready."

"Macro cannon, load and prepare."

"The macrocannon array has been loaded."

"Josda."

"I am here, Khan."

"Leave one company as a reserve, and I will command it personally. All senior officers and company commanders of the regiment, lead their respective companies to board the torpedoes and Thunderhawk gunboats."

"yes!"

All arrangements made.

Fu Qinghai stared at the big screen.

The rotating three-dimensional projection outlines the Chaos Fleet's route. The green dotted line represents our own route, and the red dotted line represents the enemy's route. The intricate lines are intertwined between minefields, meteorites, and stars.

Like a dancing ballerina.

The chase continued. The Chaos fleet collectively turned to a certain angle, preparing to avoid the star in front. The space in this place was particularly narrow, just sandwiched between the minefield and the meteorite. At the same time, it was within the firing angle of the bow torpedo tubes of the Iron Pagoda Fleet, but there was a large minefield in the middle.

The time is now!

"Shoot!"

Fu Qinghai waved his hand and gave the order.

A battleship and three cruisers fired a row of torpedoes at the same time. The anti-ship torpedoes quickly crossed the minefield. The torpedoes carried temporarily assembled metal foil strips and heat flares, which were ignited one after another. The space mines in the minefield suddenly began to tremble. The signals from the heat-attracting flares triggered the sensors of the mines. The space mines started their propulsion devices and chased after the torpedoes.

A single move can affect the entire body.

The entire minefield suddenly began to move.

Like a group of angry wasps whose hives were poked, the space mines followed the anti-ship torpedoes in their wake, forming a series of iron grapes. A few anti-ship torpedoes were quickly blown up by the Chaos fleet's close-in defense weapon array, but the plasma heat source and infrared signals generated by the explosion further stimulated the space mines that followed, and they pounced on the Chaos warships.

"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"

Continuous mine explosions.

Every explosion attracted another.

Until one side of the enemy ships was engulfed in flames.

The multiple void shield array can partially deflect light and has a unique visual interference effect. When external firepower hits the void shield, it will begin to vibrate like gelatin and colorful colors will appear on the surface.

The specific combination of these colors can show the current local strength level of the shield and how much attack it can withstand. In addition, different intensities of firepower can trigger energy flares of different ranges on the void shield.

Normally, an experienced naval officer can judge whether the enemy warship's void shield generator is on the verge of overload by the state of the enemy's shield when it is attacked.

But now, everything was covered by the flames of the explosion.

Fu Qinghai didn't wait for the void shield to appear, and directly ordered:

"Light spears and macro cannons fire volleys! Boarding torpedoes attack!"

While you are sick, I will kill you!

The Iron Pagodas drew their bows and drew their arrows.

Another wave of shots was thrown.

This wave of concentrated shooting, with heavy arrows fired simultaneously, is particularly deadly!

Golden beams and macro cannon shells passed through the minefield and arrived first! Because the mines were arranged too messily and densely, several anti-ship torpedoes dragged away too many space mines, and several vacuum channels appeared in the minefield. The boarding torpedoes rushed straight to the enemy ship along these empty channels, and then arrived!

The space between the two fleets was pierced by the scorching light spears and the wakes of the torpedo salvo. The enemy ship shook in the collision, and more than a dozen decks lost pressure. Huge metal petals tore from its flanks, accompanied by white mist and water ice fountains, and the bodies of the crew members who were swollen by the vacuum were thrown out.

"The enemy was hit by an arrow! The enemy was hit by an arrow!"

Eugene shouted excitedly.

He also learned the Chapter Master's wording.

"snort."

It worked! This trick worked!

Although he was also inexplicably excited, Qingshan Khan remained calm on the surface. He just snorted lightly, showing the demeanor of a master, as if everything was expected.

"The battleship turns, bypasses the minefield, and prepares to engage the enemy."

The Chapter Master gave the order in a deep voice.

"Yes, Khan!"

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(End of this chapter)