Chapter 235: The Forerunner Strikes (Ask for Subscription)
In today's Star Covenant system, the military strength of the Sanghri people is the strongest, and as the leader of the Sangheri people, Vadami is naturally the most authoritative, and he is also the supreme commander of the Star Alliance.
Previously, the Prophets were favored by the Precursor civilization due to their strong psionic powers, and were appointed as the leaders of the Covenant.
But with the Armageddon of the Hydra system, the system of Prophets as leaders has completely collapsed.
The three prophets died tragically, and the Prophet clan also suffered a heavy blow, and they were unable to continue to lead the Covenant.
The Ghost-Faced Beasts, who have been fighting against the Sanheri and want to seize the position of military commander, also collapsed because their home planet was slaughtered and destroyed by humans, and now they are like wild dogs that have lost their backbones, and they no longer dare to provoke in front of the Sangheri.
Other races were originally weak, and after the rise of humanity, they also suffered a lot of casualties, where do they have any right to speak.
No Covenant race dared to provoke the Sanheris at this time, and Vaadami's orders were quickly conveyed and carried out.
Soon, there was a bright burst of light from the void, brilliant and dazzling.
After repeated warnings, the ships that wanted to sabotage the team were still unwilling to accept the control, and many of the Covenant's warships opened fire directly.
The Star Covenant fleet and the Imperial fleet have never achieved any advantage in the war, but in the face of those ships that have fled, their strength is crushing, and there is no possibility of resistance.
A few beams of light streaked through the void, combined with a salvo, can basically deal with most of the civilian ships that try to challenge the order of the evacuation.
The fugitive ship, which had been treated as a model, did not even last a minute under the attack of the warship before it broke through the defenses built by the energy shield, exposing the hull covered in armor.
It was only at this time that they realized that the other party was really coming, and hurriedly confessed their mistake to the Star Alliance military and asked for a ceasefire.
However, the Star Alliance warship did not stop moving, and the hull of the ship that had lost its energy shield was pierced by the beam, tearing open the melted holes one by one.
Moments later, the flying entity munitions also came into contact with the ships, causing an explosion.
Explosions continued to emerge on the surface of the starship, destroying the armored hull, shattering the hull structure, and even the energy stack was hit by the explosion, triggering a chain reaction that caused an even more violent explosion.
The light produced by the energy pile was comparable to that of a newborn star, dazzling and dazzling, making the eyes of countless Covenant members sting.
Nearby ships had to lower their baffles or activate their filtering systems to avoid eye burns or destruction of their electronics.
The molten wreckage flew through the void with the force of the impact, and they burned brightly, illuminating the pitch-black space.
Some ships were even affected and had to turn on their defenses to avoid being hit by the wreckage.
Witnessing the destruction of those ships, the other ships suddenly calmed down, and it was still unknown whether humans would be able to destroy them.
But if you continue to panic, you will either collide with other ships or be killed by warships.
Those members of the Star Alliance who had ideas had to suppress their thoughts and honestly return to the evacuation team, not daring to make any more trouble.
The members of the Covenant who shouted that humanity was coming, and that we were all doomed, also shut up, not daring to shout again, for fear of provoking the attack of the Covenant army.
As the Covenant warships took on a tough stance, the chaos of the evacuated fleet was quickly suppressed.
Wadami breathed a sigh of relief when he got the report, and if the chaos continued, it would inevitably cause huge casualties.
There is no unified command for these evacuated ships, and once the ships behind accelerate because of fear of humans, it will inevitably cause ships of different speeds to collide, causing a large number of casualties, and the exploding warships will also block the shipping lanes, causing the evacuation fleet to fall into trouble.
Before humanity arrives, the Covenant itself is about to suffer heavy losses.
The decisiveness of suppressing the riots also allowed Vadami to regain some of the prestige of leadership, and under his orders, some military ships turned around and assembled in the void.
Vaadami had them form different battle groups that they could use to stop the advance of the Human Empire.
Victory is impossible to win, and he only hopes that he can ensure that the fleeing fleet can escape, and retain as much vitality as possible, so that the Covenant has a chance to come again.
When the Covenant warships were urgently assembled and prepared to deal with the human fleet chasing after them, the detection system found that the peak of subspace fluctuations had crossed the cordon, and the detection officers of the Covenant also shouted at this time.
"They're coming, and they're expected to enter the physical universe in fifteen minutes, and in thirty-seven minutes they'll be able to detect the enemy's electromagnetic signal."
"Prepare for war." As soon as Vadami grasped the smooth railing on the side, he gave the order, "Inform those ships to escape as much as possible, we will buy some time, but it will not be too long." “
The outer ring of the Caraps system, with a diameter of millions of kilometers, is experiencing massive space-time distortions, constantly expanding and contracting.
A moment later, the twist of the space-time structure reached its extreme, and an astonishing space-time rift was torn open.
The Judgment Blade was the first to reach the outer ring of the Calapus system, followed by a large number of Imperial warships.
They emerge from the depths of subspace and are massive.
Upon entering the real universe, they activated their physical propulsion engines, and artificial starlight shone on the tail of the ship.
Before the fleet entered the physical universe, the tactical arrangements had already been completed.
All the ships are advancing towards the enemy according to the established plan.
The fleet was divided into three different battle groups, each occupying one-half, two-sixth, and one-sixth of the fleet strength.
One-half of the fleet's strength serves as the main force, penetrating directly into the inner ring of the core of the Calapus system to fight against the remaining main force of the Covenant.
Crush the enemy's resistance with absolute crushing force and win this battle of annihilation.
The remaining two battle groups are divided into two sides, and they will continue to accelerate as fast as possible to reach the abandoned fortress and rush in front of the enemy to intercept and form an encirclement of the Covenant ships in the Carpus system.
The Judgment Blade was tasked with annihilating the main force, and as soon as it leapt out of subspace, it was put into combat readiness, and multiple types of detection radars quickly picked up the enemy's tracks.
The detection interface shows a holographic stereoscopic interface, showing dense red dots, and a red dot represents an enemy ship.
Of course, most of them are escape ships that don't pose much of a threat, and they are all refugees from various Star Alliance races.
The races in the Covenant are uneven and numerous, and when the main force of the Covenant fails, they are forced to abandon their home planet and choose to flee, wanting to leave behind the seeds of civilization.
When the Imperial fleet arrived, the ships were still leaping out of subspace, through the Calapus system, past human-built fortresses, and heading for the dark void beyond the galaxy.
They are as numerous as schools of sardines, and the Empire is the predator on the horizon.
"Alien starships detected, the threat level is low, all of them are fleeing ships."
On the bridge, the director in charge of the detection array shouted into the communicator in front of him, his electronic prosthetic eyes flowing with a huge amount of data and words, and the voice of the broadcast was emotionless.
"In the name of my emperor, the sword will be cut down, leaving no living mouth."
William, who sat on the command throne, had a cold gaze, and a large number of screens lined up in front of him, forming a holographic wall of projections and information windows.
The mercy of the Imperial Expeditionary Force has never been shown in the alien race, waiting for the fate of those poor innocents, only complete destruction.
The order to open fire was transmitted from the bridge to the various divisions, and down to the various squadrons and artillery groups.
Millions of tons of live ammunition were ejected, dense missiles flew out with trailing tail flames, and thick beams of light.
The lethal ammunition filled the vast void in an instant, and the space was instantly plunged into violent light and explosions.
Some Covenant civilian ships were destroyed instantly, flashing like newborn stars, and then disintegrating and collapsing in space.
One of the Colonial Arks belonging to the Covenant was hit, a huge beam destroyed the energy shield, and the massive hull was hit by countless shells and missiles.
The alien creatures hiding on it were engulfed in terrifying flames, and the instant death of countless creatures caused terrifying fluctuations in the subspace.
The human psionics who observed the battlefield were horrified by the psychic screams of the alien dead in the subspace.
The number of dead creatures is increasing dramatically, and a terrible storm has appeared in the corresponding subspace region of the Carpus system, just because there are so many dead that their souls disturb the aether to form a storm.
When the Covenant ships arrived at the range of the war with the humans, they were overwhelmed by the sight of the sight, and the humans were recklessly attacking the Covenant shipwreck.
"These damn demons." Despite his long experience in battle, Vadami was still shocked by the cruelty and killing of humans.
The fleeing ships were full of fugitive women and children and survivors of civilization, but humanity did not hesitate to slaughter them.
"Meet the enemy and protect the evacuation of the fleeing fleet." "Whatever it takes, leave the seeds of the Covenant's rise to fruition, and one day, we must make humanity pay for their crimes." ”
The assembled Covenant ships have joined the fray to stop the slaughter of the fleeing by humans.
The gap between the two sides was quickly filled with live ammunition and beams of light, and everywhere there was carnage, everywhere there was a manifestation of destruction, and the occasional flash of light meant that thousands of lives were harvested in an instant.
On the deck of the Judgment Blade, the heavily armored hatch slowly rose with the hum of machinery.
Leaving only a barrier force field to stop the air from leaking, the water vapor condensed into white frost closest to the exit.
The planes, which had already been refueled with fuel and ammunition, were pushed into take-off orbit, and after receiving the take-off order, they flew out of the deck like a swarm of bees and rushed towards the enemy group.
"Let them cry, strike." As a fighter pilot, Nova . Marat shouted.
The thought of fighting for the God Emperor and fighting for the human race, her body trembled involuntarily from excitement.
The brain is also extra excited and excited by the secretion and injection of glandular epithelin.
The fighter plane, which was connected to her through neural cables, channeled excitement through the hum of engines and machinery.
The mechanical spirit, which had become one with Nova and was eager to kill, to taste the death of its enemies, urged its companion with the screech of its engine to make her move quickly.
"We have to be patient." Nova appeased the bloodthirsty mechanical spirit, and after so many battles, she was no longer the rookie she was at the beginning, and had grown into the captain of the 788 formation.
He also established a tacit understanding with his own fighters and learned how to communicate with the mechanical spirit, so as to cooperate better.
"All the troops are attacking."
The command of the High Command sounded in Nova's communicator, and the fighter's engine reached peak output in an instant, spewing out a brilliant light.
The thrust of terror propelled the massive mech, sending it roaring out and rushing towards the battlefield that erupted with bright energy.
Nova relinquishes control of her body, which has been immersed in the deep sea, and merges mind and mechanical spirits.
Seeing through the visual array of the fighter and feeling it through the radar, she is truly integrated with the mechanical spirit of the fighter, regardless of each other.
The 788 formation swept through the vast void and rushed towards the enemy group.
Nova quickly locked on to her target, a Type 27 Enchantress to support the interceptor fighter.
It had just been released from an Covenant warship, intent on stopping the Imperial fighter formation from approaching.
The Type 27 Enchantress Support Interceptor is a standard space interceptor support vehicle used by the Star Alliance.
It is also an opponent that Nova and others often face.
During the Empire's previous wars, the Covenant fighters were carefully studied in all aspects.
The Type 27 Enchantress Support Interceptor Fighter is a dedicated extra-atmospheric multi-role fighter, its fuselage structure and configuration are adapted to outer space operations, using conventional pulse drive engines, two heavy plasma cannons in front of the nose, and a high-burn beam cannon in the belly.
She has destroyed a lot of these fighters, and the Type 27 Enchantress Support Interceptor Fighter is not a difficult kind to deal with among the many Star Covenant fighter models.
Most of the Covenant's fighter models are less technologically advanced than those of the Empire.
As the Empire slowly digests the technology left behind by the Human Alliance, this gap will also widen.
At present, the only one that can compete with the Imperial fighters at the technical level is the Teardrop fighters of the Sangeri
When Nova approached it, the Type 27 Enchantress support interceptor fighter also discovered Nova and fired at it as soon as possible, but Nova dodged it, and those who couldn't hide were intercepted by the airborne shield.
Nova assesses the enemy, guessing whether the opponent is a rookie or a veteran, and determines the tactics she should use.
Nova knew that the Enchantress had a fatal weakness, that they were poorly defended against EMP (electromagnetic pulse) strikes at close range, and that experienced Covenant pilots would not generally give them a chance to get close.
After firing a few lasers in a row, Nova smiled, because she saw that the other party had not turned around, but had collided directly with her in a posture that was not afraid of death.
Nova chose to avoid it, she didn't have to die with a rookie who was about to die.
She flipped the fighter, flew underneath the enemy, and then activated the EMP strike.
The Enchantress's shield flickered before it went out.
Nova smiled, and she steered the plane up vertically, completed a U-shaped movement, and flew above the opponent.
The distance between the two fighters was so close that the visual capture device could see the horror on the alien face of the opposing pilot through the transparent hardened glass.
"Bye-bye." Nova said silently in her heart.
At this time, her body was soaked in nutrient solution, and she couldn't make a sound at all, so she could only say silently in her heart.
With her command, a missile detached from the fighter plane, ignited and propelled in the void, crashing into the Enchantress's interceptor fighter.
Nova steered the fighter to increase the propulsion and move away, and after the enemy fighter plane flew for a while, it turned into a huge fireball in the air, and the fragments of the aircraft flew everywhere due to the impact of the silent and violent explosion.
The mechanical spirit cries out for slaughter, for victory, and it sows on the death wine of its enemies, and declares itself powerful and invincible with its roaring engine.
[Alert! 】
[Alert! 】
Scarlet runes suddenly appeared on the control screen, and Nova glanced at it to see that a teardrop fighter had locked onto her, biting her back.
The Teardrop Fighter has a fish-shaped, teardrop-shaped appearance, which is a perfect match for the Sangeri people's pursuit of elegance.
The Empire has dismantled it, and while the Sangeri race should be a thing of the past, the Empire doesn't mind learning something from them.
The Teardrop fighter is equipped with an on-board energy shield, and also has a built-in damage control system, as long as the attack breaks through the shield and causes damage to the body, this system will bypass the injured area, dynamically reconstruct the connection channel of data and energy, use active nanotechnology to repair part of the fuselage to enhance the aerodynamic stability of the aircraft, and is equipped with a pulse engine in the tail, and a small fusion reactor for energy.
The design of this fighter was clearly guided by the Precursors, and the Covenant guys didn't have that kind of creativity.
The designers of the Reich were amazed by the deconstruction of the Teardrop Fighter, and it was planned to add excellent designs such as automatic repair and built-in fusion reactor to the design of the new generation of Empire Fighter to enhance the survivability of the fighter and enhance the endurance.
"Trouble!" Nova was secretly saying in her heart, she controlled the fighter to complete the limit lift, and the other party followed closely behind.
The Teardrop fighter uses the same neural connection technology, which can do the same complex maneuvers as the Imperial fighter.
It still bit Nova and tried to annihilate it, but Nova kept changing its flight trajectory to avoid the attack, but the other party did not relax in the slightest and followed closely behind.
Nova eventually plunged headlong into a disintegrating and shattering Covenant warship, flying through the gap, and the teardrop fighter followed suit.
As she was about to break out of the ruins, Nova fired a missile and then accelerated away from the huge battleship that was falling apart.
The teardrop fighter took evasive measures at the first time, but was hit by a piece of wreckage that flew out, and exploded on the spot and merged with the flames and wreckage of the starship.
"Second blood." Nova secretly said in her heart, she subconsciously swept the tips of her teammates in the 788 formation, two runes had turned gray, and six were still lit, indicating that two fighters had been killed, and now there were six people left.
After determining their coordinates, Nova adjusted her direction and flew off, ready to regroup her teammates.
While the warplanes of both sides were fighting fiercely, the interior of the Judgment Blade was also extremely busy due to the war.
Arcade, Donk, Reds, and others made their way to the boarding deck to prepare.
The personal guard company will follow Zhang Han to launch a surprise attack on the enemy, carry out decapitation tactics, and now just wait to find the enemy's flagship, it will launch a surprise attack as soon as possible.
After many previous battles, the survivors of the Covenant have become visibly afraid of the Legionnaires' gang-jumping tactics.
For security reasons, they will inevitably install anti-teleportation devices on such an important warship as the flagship, and if they want to board the opponent's flagship, it is estimated that they can only use raid boats.
They run along a wide main road, and it only takes fifteen kilometers to reach the target area.
As Legionnaires, there was no need for vehicles at this point, and with some time before the raid, they were not so urgent, and those mortals needed those vehicles even more at this time.
A huge double-decker train roared past the tracks, the front half of the train was loaded with tons of ammunition boxes, missiles, batteries, and the back half towed warplanes, gunboats and other parts.
The interior of the Judgment Blade is so large that the allocation of resources in different areas requires the use of trains to transport them.
The interior of the war celestial bodies is basically the same, they are too large, plus there are military factories and smelters inside, it is completely a self-sufficient combat world.
The train track is the blood vessel of the war celestial body, and with the help of a controllable gravity field, the train track is very complex, not only on the plane, but also up and down.
It took them about ten minutes to reach the boarding deck, which was already busy, with mechanical cherubs flying high in the air, a fan-shaped crimson spectrum scanning everything on the boarding pad to ensure safety.
Everywhere was the roar and mist of engines and machines starting, and Imperial workers in hazmat suits weaved through the fog.
They were greeted by a technical officer in charge of the 93 boarding platform, with a tall body, but his right eye and skull had been replaced with a prosthetic body, and the red glow of the prosthetic eye flashed in the sockets.
"193 Boarding Platform Director - Pavas." They saluted and introduced themselves.
Arcade nodded, his memory was as perfect as a computer and he couldn't make mistakes, but he couldn't know everyone on the Judgment Blade.
"How's the preparation?" Akkad pointed to the raid boat that had been towed out of the hangar, and said in a humble tone, "Everything is ready, my lord, as long as the order is given, it can be dispatched at any time." ”
Arcade nodded, and he turned to look at his companion.
"Check your own weapons and equipment and wait for the order to raid."
The wait didn't last long, as the Judgment Blade led the Imperial fleet on a rampage, slaughtering the space battlefield with ferocious firepower.
As a celestial-class battleship, the Judgment Blade's main weapon is the Anti-Psionic Wave Array, which is capable of unleashing anti-psionic energy to slaughter the entire galaxy.
In such an environment, it does not play a big role, but against those warships, its secondary weapon is enough.
Magnificent beams of light erupted from the plasma towers, leaving burning lines in the dark space, breaking through the shields of those warships, causing those Covenant ships to shatter and burn in the void.
The Empire's battle motherships, battleships, and strike cruisers surrounded the Judgment Blade, and rushed with it, no Covenant ship could resist them, all the way to the flagship where Vadami was, and when he got close to the right distance, Zhang Han left the bridge and went to the boarding deck to prepare to carry out the decapitation tactic with the personal guard company.
They made it to Vadami's flagship and began to push towards the bridge, slaughtering the Covenant fighters along the way.
At this time, Julius, who had gone to intercept the fleet of refugees, bypassed the battlefield and slaughtered the fleeing refugees without many weapons like a predator.
The fleet responsible for activating the fortress was led by Zhao Shang, and thanks to their efforts, the first fortress was activated, and the influence of the Calapus system increased, and ships had to travel at a greater distance to safely enter and exit subspace.
If all the fortresses suspended in the Calapuse system are activated, I am afraid that the area of influence will reach tens of light-years, or even hundreds of light-years, it will be a catastrophe for the Covenant.
They had to travel hundreds of light-years to enter the subspace.
A succession of bad news left Vadami in despair.
Those damn humans clearly want to wipe out the Covenant in Karaps.
So far, not even one in a thousand Covenant members have escaped from the Carpuse system and fled to deep space.
If the evacuation fleet were to be destroyed here, the Covenant would exist in name only, and even with the help of the forerunners, it would be impossible to recover.
Rapid sirens rang out from inside the bridge, and screams of the Covenant warriors being killed could be heard from outside the bridge.
The gang-jumping humans are killing them.
Vadami shook his head, and he accepted his fate of defeat.
The only thing you can do is die like a warrior.
He activated the light blade in his hand and prepared for a desperate fight.
No matter what, he'll fight until the last minute.
After twisting the neck of the Sanghari in his hand, Zhang Han stepped into the bridge, the long sword in his hand crackling with blood.
The guards behind him, each with a brutal killing intent, followed him into the bridge.
Just when everyone thought the dust had settled, a flash of light appeared in the air.
"Alert, teleport." Akkad shouted, and the Legionnaires, who had just relaxed, raised their weapons again.
The sense of crisis in the dark made Zhang Han subconsciously raise the long sword in his hand.
Bang!
A deafening crash was heard in the air.
He had the feeling of being hit by a Bully-type gunboat.
A large number of warning runes appear on the helmet interface, and various systems wail due to overloading and taking damage.
The light dissipated, and a group of armored creatures appeared in front of Zhang Han and the others.
Their stature was very slender, and their height was not inferior to that of Storm Warriors such as Zhang Han.
"Precursor!!"
Zhang Han's helmet recognition system quickly retrieved the identity of the comer, who was a precursor who had been expelled by humans.
This race is very powerful, and it is one of the few races that has caused great losses to mankind.
It is said that at the beginning, there was only one last step away from the ascension of the whole body.
Seven thousand, and one more chapter in the evening.
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