I have seen a lot of naval ships in the Milky Way, and I have seen a lot of naval ships, but I often see transport ships, and the escorts are only small ships such as frigates, and it is a great luck to see a cruiser once in a while, and I have seen four large warships at once like today, including the Imperial Dawn, which is almost twice as large as an ordinary cruiser, which is simply a scene that I have never seen in my dreams. From then on, I had a vague premonition that something big was going to happen.

Now floating in front of my eyes was a space city of unspeakable proportions, and a battleship under construction that looked like it was nearing completion, and I had confirmed that it had been happening for a long time, and that I was inevitably getting involved.

Battleship, the term for me, is only a legend. In fact, from the people I have come into contact with in the navy, the battleship is also a legendary existence for most naval officers and men, and perhaps some of those who are lucky enough to have seen battleships at some important large naval bases, but very few have been able to board them, and those who have the privilege of piloting them in battle are said to be even fewer than the soldiers in our defense force who have survived ten battles -- according to this ratio, if I were in the navy, I might have had the opportunity to board a battleship.

I have heard the navy recount their glory, in a time when the emperor was still standing at the beginning of the Empire, when the Empire was still standing on earth, when mankind had a vast fleet of stars, and the figures of battleships that covered the starry sky like mountains could be seen in almost every battlefield of the Empire. However, 10,000 years later, these god-like war machines that once performed immortal feats for the empire and accompanied mankind to conquer the entire galaxy have been wiped out one by one in that cruel time. A significant number of them followed Horus's rebellion and became enemies of the Empire, and the remaining loyalists were either irreparably damaged in the endless conquests, reduced to cold steel wreckage or even cosmic dust, or sealed as the most sacred legacy, and became a monument to the berths for people to admire, covered in dust for thousands of years.

Isn't that fascinating imperial era the glory of our Imperial Defense Force? It is said that at that time, we had a whole regiment of super-heavy tanks, and even the legendary battle mechs like the Titan......

"Concentrate, don't be cranky!" Eddie reminded me.

We were drawn by the telepathic link, and a person's wandering mind could easily cause this spell to fail, so I quickly concentrated my attention and continued to observe the unspeakably large steel creature in front of me.

Subspace is full of turbid and viscous energy, making it difficult for us to see too far as if we were in troubled waters, and only a small part of the battleship falls into our field of vision, and this part alone brings us incomparable oppressive and shocking power. Thousands of steel plates stacked on the body were stacked like scales on the body of a giant fish, each weighing more than all the tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery of an ordinary defense regiment combined. Look at the honeycomb-like sidestrings with gun windows, although most of them are empty, but the existing guns alone are more numerous than our three cruisers combined......

This guy is six times the length of the Luna class, and when converted proportionally, the surface area of the side chords that can be used to lay artillery is more than thirty times, while the volume and tonnage are close to two hundred times! Once such a big guy is built and comes to real space, what are we going to deal with? We now have only three cruisers that are small in size, and one of them has just been captured, which is far from being combat-ready......

Of course, we also have a space fortress that is bigger than this battleship and has more artillery arrays on it. However, the maneuverability of the Fortress cannot be compared to that of a battleship......

"Don't make such unnecessary considerations. If we can judge the winner by comparing who has more artillery, then why should we fight? "My crankiness has once again summoned criticism.

As he spoke, Avtron interrupted the spell. The turbid subspace, as well as the Foundry City and the battleship, all dissipated before our eyes. After a moment of dizziness, we were back on our feet in one of the Arkanna's cabins.

Avtron continued, "More than half a millennium ago, during our twelfth invasion against Abaddon, we were confronted by the Planetary Slayer of Chaos, a flying fortress larger than our Hall of Silence, whose main cannon could destroy a planet with a single blow. However, in the final decisive battle, the Imperial Navy dispatched only three Luna to completely smash the invincible fortress. Compared to the threats we faced at the time, the battleship, which was far from complete, was nothing at all. ”

Although my intuition felt that there must be something hidden in these words, I was comforted by something. Yes, we now have three cruisers, including two Lunas, and it feels as if we can already fight all over the galaxy.

"Besides, it would take at least ten thousand trained and experienced crew members to get such a big guy moving, and I don't think the Red Pirates or any other Chaos force would be able to produce such a large number of professionals. What's more, when it will be completed is a big question, just now we were inside the foundry, and found that it can only make some steel plates and steel beams and the like, and the guns and other machinery needed for the battleship, it seems that it cannot be built here. At this point, the weapons and machinery on it were dismantled from old ships or even scrap ships, I guess. Velheim said.

To be exact, it was dismantled from a scrap ship. Whether it is in the Empire or Chaos, as long as the ship can still fly, it is an extremely valuable item, and it is impossible to disassemble it no matter how old it is.

"So, are we just waiting for it to come out of subspace when it's finished?" Ah Wei asked, "We don't have the ability to fight in the subspace right now. And even if it did, it wasn't a good choice. Subspace is their home turf. ”

"I think we can still do something." "We can't threaten their foundry, but their mine is still in the real world." ”

"That's just slowing things down, and their sources of material are definitely not limited to this mine. Just like the transport ship we just captured, there should be quite a few more similar ships. Eddie said. But we don't have the ability to cut off all the routes. ”

We all sighed in unison. Knowing that the enemy's existence could not be touched, it was really a heavy blow to the soldiers.

"I think we can attack the enemy's base, the Foundry City." I couldn't help but say, "Actually, we have a way to get there, don't we?" ”

Yes, go through the portal at the bottom of the guò pit and go directly into the subspace to fight. Everyone knew there was such an option, but everyone tacitly ignored it. Subspace is a great taboo, especially since all the people present are psykers, and this problem is not something that can be faced with courage.

In normal times, I naturally don't have the courage to do so. As a soldier, I am accustomed to obeying orders, and I have to catch up with orders even if they are mortal tasks, but this kind of voluntary choice to almost die without orders seems to be the first time in my more than ten years of service.

What makes me so positive is the battleship under construction. So many huge creations made of steel piles, what a beautiful thing it is, people can't help but give birth to the ** of possession. It was like the strongest and most ferocious mammoth, and I couldn't wait to rush up and cut off its tusks and give it to a girl.

After being silent for a long time, I was embarrassed and said, "I'm just a staff officer, and I'm only responsible for providing advice, regardless of the final decision." ”

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