Chapter 187: Why Do You Occupy the Empire's Battle Moon?
There is nothing wrong with the strategy of the orc commander, if you want to defeat the strong with the weak, you need to form an overwhelming advantage by local key positions. Only in this way can we make up for the lack of war forces.
But after all, tactics are only one of the reasons that determine the success or failure of a war.
One force breaks ten, one force breaks a hundred ingenuity.
In the face of the great strength of the Imperial fleet, the tactics of the orc commander simply could not be perfectly executed.
Since the orc fleet was able to be defeated by the Imperial fleet in a devastating manner before, how could they expect them to suddenly exert their might and drag down the Empire's invincible armada.
The Empire's warships were able to defeat the orcs not by luck or coincidence, but by relying on their real super strength to run over the orcs, turning countless orc warships into fragments in space.
It is true that the sudden appearance of the battle moon has re-invigorated the originally low morale of the orcs, making the waaagh energy emitted by countless orcs even more abundant.
But it was still not difficult for the Imperial fleet to repeat what happened not so long ago.
Originally, after the appearance of the Battle Moon, the Imperial Fleet advanced step by step with the attitude of obtaining more orc intelligence and accumulating more actual combat experience, and only after destroying all the orc fleets that attacked them did it march towards the Battle Moon again.
But soon, Angus, the commander of the fleet on this battlefield, realized the orc's intentions, and he immediately shook off the orcs beside him. While organizing the battleship to break through the blockade of the orcs, he contacted the situation of the battleship in front.
When he arrived near the Battle Moon on his own Malfoy Titan with a large number of Imperial ships, the Battle Moon was surrounded by numerous wrecks of warships.
Most of them were orc warships, after all, the powerful firepower of those imperial warships could hardly be stopped by orc warships.
If an Imperial battleship is a gunner, meaning that it is positioned as a firepower output, then it can even fire at several orc ships of the same size without falling behind.
Coupled with sturdy armor and powerful shields, an Imperial battleship would not have a problem beating several orc ships of the same size. And through the pocket space on some battleships, the continuous combat capability of the Imperial battleship is beyond the reach of the orcs.
But among the wrecks of those warships, there were some hulls painted with the Empire's double-headed eagle emblem.
This was the largest casualty ever incurred since the expeditionary fleet began its assault on the Orc Empire.
If there were only orc fleets, even if they were several times larger than the Imperial warships, the Imperial fleets would not have suffered such heavy damage.
The powerful Void Shield can block most orc warships, while the extremely defensive hull armor and the ship's reactor that provides sufficient energy can ensure that the ship has a strong defense even after losing the Void Shield, and the Void Shield generator can be quickly reopened.
But in the face of the gravity attack of the battle moon, the defense of the Void Shield is useless. A single gravitational attack can bring a powerful battleship to near scrap.
And those smaller types of warships could not stop the gravitational attack of this combat moon, and became wreckage in space.
Seeing this, Commander Angus, the commander of the fleet, burned with irrepressible anger in his heart. He roared at the observation window and slammed his fist into his palm.
"They're going to pay more for it!"
"Aim for the Battle Moon! Purgatory Ray, Attack! ”
With Angus' order, a large amount of zero energy extracted from the vacuum by the ship's zero reactor began to gather on the giant launch array at the bow of the ship.
After a short period of preparation, a wave of energy that was enough to destroy the sky shot towards the battle moon in an instant.
The void shields of the orc warships along the way were all broken, and the entire hull was directly wiped out by the powerful energy, and the power of the purgatory ray from the Titan was not diminished in the slightest, and it bombarded the battle moon in the blink of an eye.
This high-profile appearance instantly drew the attention of the Battle Moon to the approaching Imperial fleet.
After the bombardment of some torpedoes and the attack of the purgatory rays, the surface of the orc's battle moon has been blown up and deformed at this time.
Although the large number of attack facilities on the Battle Moon were not affected too much, the Titan's attack just now really surprised the orcs. They didn't dare to use the gravity whip as often as they could, instead transferring a large amount of energy to the Void Shield generator.
At the same time, faced with the Imperial fleet that could easily destroy them with firepower, the orcs began to choose another way of fighting - jumping gangs.
Under the powerful firepower of the Imperial fleet, almost no orc landing airships or warships were able to get close to them, making it impossible for orcs to jump the gang by approaching the Imperial warships.
However, the orc technicians are naturally uneducated in many technologies, one of which is teleportation, and their mastery of this technology is far deeper than people think.
And now the orcs have a better understanding of teleportation technology, and at this time they can even transfer the units of the battle moon star to the battlefield through teleportation technology.
In normal times, it would be difficult for the Technician Kid to find a test subject willing to teleport, but it wouldn't be too difficult to convince the Kid to try teleportation if he could get closer to the enemy in the heat of battle. Orc teleportation technology may not be very stable, but they are strong enough to withstand it.
Some Technician Kids have developed portable teleportation devices, usually carried by Technician Kids or Big Kids, that can teleport the user and their team to a designated location if nothing else.
But on the battlefield of space, this portable teleportation device is somewhat insufficient.
But it doesn't matter, the orcs have additional stationary teleportation devices that can teleport infantry squads to large units, and even ancient trash to the battlefield. Sometimes orcs will mount giant teleportation devices on orc boulders and use them to quickly increase their forces after they land.
At this time in space, the orcs were able to use this teleportation device to directly create a large number of troops directly on the Empire's warships. And this kind of teleportation is very difficult for the imperial side to stop.
On many of the Empire's warships, a warning of electronic sounds sounded throughout the battleship.
"Alarm, alarm, the shipboarder has been spotted."
"Teleportation, unknown origin." The crew immediately reported to the captain. "They don't know where they came from."
Although there is no clear evidence, this question has already been answered in everyone's minds.
"Jump Gang..... Hehe. ”
One of the Empire's captains muttered to himself, a mocking smile leaking from the corners of his mouth. Then he turned his head and gave orders to his crew.
"Seal all bulkheads."
"The Sergeant Major is hereby authorized to open the armory and distribute weapons to the entire crew. Get all crew ready. ”
"Send armed men to the affected areas."
Every Imperial Navy is no stranger to gang hopping. This style of combat was common in previous battles in the Empire.
When a ship is boarded by an enemy ship-jumping gang during a battle, the ship will be put on first-level alert, and all the armed personnel on board will be assembled and organized to drive out the unfriendly boarders.
Gradually, this wartime emergency evolved into the standard tactics of the Imperial Navy.
Often, the Imperial Guard who is transported by ship to a war zone may also be caught up in a fleet firefight, or even be attacked by a gang. The Imperial Infantry Advancement Manual clearly states that in this case, the Astral Force must fight alongside naval armed personnel.
The Imperial Navy has a well-established strategy for dealing with the anti-bounce gangs, and is not afraid of these fleets that board ships.
Since the ultimate goal of this tactic is usually to destroy important enemy ships or seize important intelligence information from enemy forces, the best way to respond is to send troops to guard these key positions in advance.
For those who have only a little bit of information, or even no idea of the map inside the ship they will be teleported to, it is almost impossible to find a mission target in this intricate network of corridors.
The Imperial Navy will certainly not condone these enemies who have lost their way in the corridors, and will have teams of armed sailors to find and eliminate them.
If the orcs who boarded the ships did not break through the forces of their subordinates in the vicinity of those important facilities, then the operation of the Empire's warships would hardly be affected.
Under the command of the fleet commander, the Empire's warships were perfectly capable of drowning the Battle Moon with a large amount of firepower while fighting the orcs inside the ships.
But the commander of the fleet at this time, Angusque, did not make such a decision. Instead, he asked a space soldier in power armor beside him:
"Commander Belt, how, are you sure?"
At this time, Betel was looking at the battle moon in the distance through the observation window, and when he heard Angus's inquiry, he did not answer directly, but said in a sonorous voice.
"They will perish. I'll let them know what the Emperor's wrath is! ”
It's not just the orcs who want to win the war by jumping gangs, the Empire also thinks so.
Perhaps the Empire's current teleportation technology is not enough to teleport planetary units, but teleporting large numbers of troops to the Battle Moon is not a problem for the Empire at all.
Under the orders of Captain Bettel, ten thousand Space Marines wearing Terminator power armor are ready to go.
Some of the Death Watch fighters also joined the moon landing program. Their vast knowledge and combat experience will be of great use for this mission.
In the eyes of Betel and Angus, this battle moon was already in the possession of the Empire.
Soon it ceased to be some abominable alien creation, but the Empire's great loyal war machine.
All they have to do is wipe out all the abominable aliens that occupy the Empire's battle moon! Clean up these abominable bandits who have taken over the Empire's Battle Moon!
In a rudimentary room on the Battle Moon, cluttered with rickety equipment, a group of orcs brutally manipulating them.
Gracie's body detached from the teleportation, and his armor and flesh rearranged into their original form. He strode forward with the Storm Gun in hand.
The greenskins in the room were surprised by Gracie's sudden appearance among them, but they quickly recovered from their surprise and gave up on the task of repairing the machine they were doing.
Shoot at the Space Marines with a ferocious roar, and Gracie reacts faster, the Storm Burst in his hand as its name suggests, the rapid bullets tearing the orcs to shreds like a storm.
The orcs' weapon attacks were all bounced off by Gracie's Terminator armor, and had no effect.
The remaining orcs and their fart slaves screamed and fled Gracie.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! ”
Gracie's gun was fired repeatedly, taking the lives of some of the fleeing orcs. But instead of going in pursuit, he used his tactical helmet to contact his other teleported comrades.
"The delivery was successful. Lunar Corps, please answer! ”
While contacting the others, he vigilantly aimed the weapon in his hand at the door of the room, always on guard against the orc attack.
"The delivery was successful. The first group is in place! ”
A voice came from behind his helmet and behind him. The Space Marines began to speak, their squad logos and vital signs flashing on Gracie's helmet display.
The location of the squad is also marked on the 3D map of the Virtual Battle Moon in Gracie's helmet.
"The delivery was successful. The eighteenth group is in place. ”
"The delivery was successful. The ninety-ninth team is in place. ”
"The delivery was successful. The sixty-second group is in place. ”
......
A temporary team that had been formed in advance reported their situation to Gracie, the commander of the moon landing program.
"Zero casualties."
"Praise be to the Emperor and the Son."
Gracie prayed reverently, then gave orders to all the Space Marines.
"Use the gifts you have received from the Emperor and the Son to destroy everything that stands in the way of our destiny!
! ”
"Any orc that appears in your eyes will only die!"
"For the Emperor!"
"For the Emperor!"
The roars of countless Space Marines reached Gracie's ears from the communication channels. According to the area that had been divided for a long time, they began to slaughter the orcs on the battle moon.
Gracie grabbed his weapon and strode out of the room, followed by nearly a hundred Space Marines. As all the warriors left the room and entered the hallway, a Space Marine threw a grenade into the room, destroying the room's inexplicable orc devices.
As Gracie advances, the corridor gradually widens and turns into a cavern, with the ground irregularly laid with rough-cut metal platforms.
Rough doors filled the sides of the room like maggots in corpses. In the center of the cavern was a four-story machine humming and crackling, and the interior writhed with a special energy.
At this time, the nearby orcs had also learned that some canned shrimp had come to their moon, and some orcs who did not know whether they were alive or dead began to approach these imperial warriors who were about to bring death to them with various weapons.