Warhammer: Beginning with Planetary Governors

Chapter 316: Lightning Attack on Titanium Star!

Bokean home gate world.

boom--

As soon as a remnant of the Tau Empire fleet jumped out of the shallow channel of the Warp, some broken ships could not withstand the attack and exploded under the corrosion of the Warp energy.

Inside the bridge.

Yingyang looked at the emerald green Bokan star and breathed a sigh of relief:

"Finally escaped..."

Never again would this fleet have to venture into that abominable dimension.

The Tau Empire's jump drives consume more energy than human warp drives, and can only support ships "skipping" in the shallow depths of the warp.

The speed of superluminal travel is only one-third of that of humans.

This means that when they conduct space operations, they must precisely mobilize fleets and plan voyages.

Once a route plan goes wrong, it will cost a lot to correct it.

"We have undoubtedly encountered a terrible enemy!"

Yingyang was still immersed in the previous space battle, as if he had been frightened by something, and there was even a hint of unwillingness in his heart.

That human fleet came so fast.

As if they had predicted the future, they surrounded her fleet, and their precise and fierce firepower made it difficult for the fleet to resist.

The enemy commander seemed to have insight into the movement trajectory of our fleet.

Every attack hit the weak point.

This has never happened!

However, that was not the real reason why the space battle failed.

The enemy's fleet is indeed powerful.

But Shadowsun led one of the main fleets of the Tau Empire.

She has the ability to withstand the enemy's surprise attack, and even if she fails in the end, it won't be so tragic!
The enemy ships’ gunfire did cause damage to the main fleet at first, but she quickly held on and mobilized the fleet to organize an artillery defense line.

fought back.

But everything that happened next was beyond Yingyang's expectations.

The Ether Elder in another ship interfered with the command, forcibly ordering all warships to prioritize defending the ship he was on and protect the safety of this noble being.

This maneuver disrupted the line arranged by Yingyang and gave the enemy fleet an opportunity to launch a fierce artillery charge.

after that.

It was a brutal massacre of warships!

The legendary general Yingyang suffered an unprecedented defeat. Only one tenth of the main fleet he led survived, with only a very small number of ships under the suicide cover of the outer fleet.

Successfully escaped back to the home world.

"How did the enemy fleet discover our whereabouts?"

Shadowsun frowned in thought.

The main fleet's trip this time was extremely covert and almost impossible to detect, and the fleet's stay time and location were known so accurately.

Thus launching a siege attack.

There is only one answer to the question.

That is, there was a traitor among them, someone betrayed the Supreme Good.

Providing the enemy with information about our main fleet!
Moreover, apart from herself, the only people who could know the trajectory of a fleet of this level were the members and commanders of the Ether Council.

Thinking of this, Yingyang couldn't help but feel discouraged.

Without proof, she had no right to doubt an Ether.

What's more, there is no law within the Tau Empire to punish the Ether.

Perhaps the Ether Council could punish it, but if it was a high-level Ether.

At most you will be reprimanded or transferred.

Yingyang felt powerless about this.

Since the catastrophe in an unknown dimension caused by the Fourth Sky Expansion, many things have changed in the Tau Empire.

The Ether Conference became more wary of these generals.

Even more deadly is something else.

During a war, the Supreme Aether Anwa ordered Commander Ori to lead his troops to carry out a meaningless suicide mission.

As a result, Ori disobeyed this ridiculous order and led his troops to evacuate.

This caused an uproar within the Tau Empire.

Never before had any Tau dared to disobey the Ethereal's orders.

then.

The commander, Orei, disappeared.

Actually.

Shadowsun also secretly disobeyed the orders of the Ethers, and during the war, he refused the rescue orders of an Ether and allowed him to die in the swamp battlefield.

But she doesn't think there's anything wrong with it.

If he followed the absurd order to rescue the Ether, the entire army would be put in extreme danger and the entire battle plan would fail.

Countless soldiers died.

It was a necessary sacrifice, and in the end she won a grand victory for the Greater Good.

“Since we, ordinary clans, can sacrifice ourselves for the great Greater Good without hesitation.

Then Ether should also make some sacrifices, right?"

Yingyang thought secretly in his heart.

Of course, these words cannot be said outside.

In that war, Shadowsun led the Tau Empire army to a complete victory.

But due to the death of an Ether, she still suffered some investigation and reprimand.

Fortunately, the Ether Parliament did not find out anything.

After these events, Ether was arranged to supervise the armies of senior generals of the Tau Empire, and could even deprive those generals of their command authority when necessary.

However, such an arrangement.

This further reduced the command efficiency of the Tau Empire fleet.

Just like this encounter with the human fleet, the interference of the Ether Elder caused the fleet to be defeated in a very short time!
"The beautiful fantasy that our race has always had is being shattered, and the cruel truth of the galaxy is gradually approaching..."

Yingyang thought pessimistically.

As the Tau Empire expanded, she increasingly discovered the horrors of the galaxy.

The legendary general has realized that their race is not the strongest among them, but more like a young beast that has just stepped out of the nest.

And surrounded by terrible hungry wolves.

Humans are one of them.

What's even more cruel is.

The victories she had always enjoyed made her compatriots still immersed in the glory and beautiful dreams of the past, and they were unaware of the coming danger.

Little did they know that the Milky Way had already opened its bloody mouth towards their people!
Shadowsun believes in the Greater Good and believes it can guide his people to survive in the galaxy.

But here's the thing.

The existence of Ether has severely affected the development of the tribe, who equate themselves with the Greater Good.

Controlling everything.

The long-term treatment and pampering has led to the arrogance and incompetence of most Ethers, who are simply unable to lead their race to survive in this cruel world.

"Perhaps, Foresight is right..."

Shadowsun thought of the traitor of the Tau Empire, another legendary general of the Tau Empire - Farsight.

Farsight also has a brilliant record of military success, and he predicted the horrors and threats of humanity one step ahead. He is so selfless in his dedication to the Greater Good.

Willing to give everything for it.

However, due to Foresight, he repeatedly disobeyed Ether's discipline.

This led to the Ethers deciding to let the legendary general die on the battlefield so as to avoid having to find an excuse to deal with him later.

To this end, the Ethers issued him a suicidal combat order.

however.

Just when Yuanjian accepted the combat order and prepared to rush to the battlefield.

An accident happened.

He seemed to have sensed something, and not only did he disobey orders, he also tore into pieces the Ether who issued the orders.

Call them demons.

After doing all this, Yuanjian led his troops to defect.

Build a new home.

The Ethers called the homeland established by the traitors "Foresight Enclave" and designated it as a restricted area.

At the same time, all traces of General Farsight were wiped out from the Tau Empire.

Yingyang still remembered the warning Farsight had given him.

The traitor claimed that the Ethereal Clan, as a ruling class, were evil-minded and self-deceiving to the point of being pathetic, and that they were incapable of leading their people to survive in the galaxy.

The Tau Empire is but a tiny splash in the galaxy.

It doesn't matter at all.

Only by realizing this can their race rise up and stand tall among the galaxy.

At the same time, the traitor revealed a crazy secret.

He told Shadowsun.

There is a terrible creature called demon in that unknown dimension. During that disaster, they have come to the homeland of the Tau people.

He saw demonic signs himself in Ether.

That's why I killed them!
When recalling this incident, Yingyang's body couldn't help but tremble.

She didn't want to dwell on this issue any further, and she didn't dare to imagine how horrible the reality would be if all this were true!

Shadowsun suppressed his emotion and turned his attention back to the chain of command.

The human fleet has appeared on the outskirts of their homeland.

She had to warn the home worlds everywhere, ask them to strengthen their defenses, report any threats immediately, and mobilize the fleet to provide support.

"Yingyang!!!"

The holographic projection appeared in front of Yingyang without any consent.

The Ether Elder was furious: "Why didn't you respond to my orders before? Do you want to ignore the safety of an Ether?"

Obviously.

The Aether Elder was still angry that Shadowsun had not dispatched the fleet in time to protect his ships.

"Sorry, the command system was in a state of chaos at the time, and there was no time to issue orders..."

Yingyang found a reason to explain.

She was busy arranging some defenses for the outer world of her home and didn't want to continue to tangle with this guy.

"Hmph, for the sake of the Greater Good, I will forgive you this time!"

Elder Ether did not pursue the matter further, but raised a more difficult question.

He looked at Yingyang and gave the order:

"Hurry up and call all the fleets to gather here. We will destroy the barbarian fleet here!"

That human fleet nearly caused a noble Ether to lose his life and flee in panic, revealing such an embarrassing scene.

It must be eradicated to wash away these shames!

Now, he is in the safe area of ​​his home world, with many fleets in the surrounding galaxies that can be mobilized.

As long as we attract the other party over, we can easily destroy it!
Yingyang was shocked by this ridiculous instruction:
"This is not a wise choice. We should wait for more support instead of mobilizing the garrison troops of the home world!"

"Are you questioning the wisdom of an Ether?"

The azure pupils of the Ether Elder suddenly shrank, and his anger spread visibly: "This is an order, not a discussion. Do you want me to remove your command authority according to the regulations of the Ether Council?"

Yingyang clenched his fists suddenly.

At this moment, she wanted to kill this idiot like Farsight did.

pity.

After the last lesson, the Ethers paid more attention to their own safety and generally stayed on their own spaceships.

"Your Excellency the Elder..."

Yingyang forced a smile and tried to persuade this guy to prevent the situation from getting out of control.

However, the Ether Elder interrupted her:
"There is no room for negotiation on this matter. I have already exposed the coordinates of the fleet. The enemy fleet will arrive soon. Quickly mobilize the fleet to set up an encirclement..."

He firmly believed that his judgment was correct.

The fleets that those home worlds can mobilize are several times more than the enemy's, enough to destroy the enemy fleets!

“This is a wrong decision…”

Yingyang closed her eyes in despair, realizing that things were irreversible.

Things went as expected.

The Ether Elder directly bypassed the general's command system and issued support orders to the surrounding Home World Guard Fleets.

As an important figure in the Ether Council, no one dares to disobey his orders!
Soon, those worlds responded to the order and sent fleets to kill the human fleet.

……

Some airspace.

In the void, the wreckage of the Tau Empire's warships are floating everywhere.

A huge fleet crashed through the burning wreckage and sailed slowly forward.

That was Redemption 3rd Fleet.

Conqueror-class battleship, bridge.

Voladi looked at the bound Ether Commander with a broad smile.

He patted the other person on the shoulder:

"Brother Vaan, your intelligence is correct. It helped us find the main fleet of the Tau Empire. You have performed well and we will let you go soon..."

This time he encountered a fleet that was much stronger than the pirates, and he was able to escape from the fleet's full-force attack.

That must be the main force without a doubt.

The Ether Commander Vaan stood there in a daze, completely confused.

What did he do?
Due to his wrong judgment, General Yingyang's fleet was almost wiped out.

That is one of the main fleets of the Tau Empire!

For this, Waan fell into deep regret.

The human commander named Voladi was so cunning that he even suspected that the other party had hidden a fleet somewhere.

drop--

The detection device issues a prompt.

A red dot appeared on the star map projection in the air.

The scout immediately reported: "Sir, we have found the location of the fleeing fleet!"

"Oh, you found it so quickly?"

Voladi's mouth curled up in a sneer.

Waan looked at the lonely, eye-catching dot on the star map, and his pupils suddenly shrank.

His heart was screaming wildly:
"Idiot, extremely stupid, which idiot made this decision?!"

In fact, he knew in his heart that this was definitely not a decision made by General Yingyang, but rather by one of his own stupid fellows.

Those trash have noble blood and are born to occupy high positions. They gain more rights without any effort.

Not like myself.

Even though he has noble blood, he has been working hard to understand the local defense system, important areas, and the composition and command of the fleet.

Become the best among commanders.

I dream of leaving my own story in the history of the Tau Empire like those legendary generals.

Unfortunately, bad luck...

When Waan saw the punctuation marks and the area where they were located, he immediately knew what the other party wanted to do.

The most likely scenario is that they mobilized the fleet, set a trap, and waited for Voladi's fleet to crash into it.

Then carry out encirclement and suppression!

But such a decision is extremely dangerous and will put other family worlds into crisis, especially some special portal family worlds.

For example, the world of Keltuo family.

That would put the entire Tau Empire into crisis!

Call ~
Waan controlled his emotions and tried not to show any abnormality.

Although there is little hope.

But deep down he was still expecting that Voladi would order the fleet to go there and die.

"Um……"

Voladi pinched his chin, seeming to be hesitant.

Then, he pointed at the mark and looked at Waan, asking a question that caught him off guard:
"Do you think this is a trap?"

Waan tried his best to control his voice:
"I do not know."

Voladi took out a huge bolt pistol and played with it in his hand: "You know, and you must answer..."

"I don't think so."

The sound of a bolt pistol being loaded was heard, and a deep voice came: "I'll give you one more chance to answer!"

Waan broke out in a cold sweat and answered hesitantly:
"I...it looks like a trap to me..."

"correct answer!"

Voladi put away his bolt pistol and smiled: "You are quite honest, brother..."

Any commander with any brains would understand that it was a trap, and he would have just used a loud speaker to shout "There is a trap here, come quickly!"

I just don't know which idiot set this up. It's really a bit puzzling.

Subsequently.

Voladi asked another question that made Vaan sweat: "Guess where I will attack next?"

He pointed to a location on the star map projection that represented a gate world of the T'au Empire:

"What do you think of this place?"

The moment he saw the location the other party was pointing to, Waan's heart almost stopped beating.

That is the world of Keltuo family!
Voladi looked at the silent Aether Commander and immediately smiled and said, "Then we'll attack here."

"It's over!"

Vaan closed his eyes in despair.

Voladi patted the other person on the shoulder and said gratefully:
"Good brother, thanks to you, we have mastered so much intelligence about the Tau Empire..."

The Ether commander coughed up too much information during days of continuous interrogation.

Allow Voladi to gain in-depth knowledge of the important areas and defense systems of the Tau Empire.

The Tau Empire's defense system is somewhat unusual. They only leave a small number of garrisons on their home worlds as temporary defense and reconnaissance forces.

Once foreign enemies invade.

The task of these defenders is to delay time as much as possible, then observe the invaders and send intelligence.

The actual defense forces and fleets of the Tau Empire will be stationed somewhere on the home planet.

After receiving the invasion alarm, they will set out from their home base to resist the enemy.

Return after the fight.

That was the famous strategy used by Frederick the Great, but the practical effect was: “Trying to have it both ways, and ending up having it neither way.”

Voladi made an attack plan based on this defense system.

He ordered the Third Fleet of Redemption to split up, with a small part of the fleet taking the lead in attacking another important home world, in order to draw out the real defense forces of the Tau Empire.

Delay as long as possible.

He led a large force to attack the Keltu clan world of the Tau Empire.

There is a special passage called Naimya Atoll, which leads directly to the mainland of the Tau Empire.

Under normal circumstances.

There should be many defenders there, so it won't be easy to take them down.

But judging from the traps set by the enemy, they are very likely to mobilize the garrison there to ambush us.

It would be nice to take a look whether the garrison is there or not.

It's not a loss anyway.

Yes, Voladi wants to lead a fleet to attack the homeland of the Tau Empire.

Such a good opportunity, why not give it a try.

He feels guilty about it!

Voladi has discovered that the mobility of the Tau Empire fleet is slightly worse than our own.

He could just use this opportunity to create a time difference and use the special channel of the Naimya Atoll to reach the core area of ​​the Tau Empire's homeland.

"Our Redemption Third Fleet Commander Voladi is about to strike Titanium!"

Voladi was quite excited and had no fear at all about breaking into the enemy's lair.

When he was a child.

I read many stories about saviors raiding enemy lairs and beheading evil leaders.

For example, "Savior's Revenge: Raid on the Evil Laboratory", "Savior, Jedi Kills the Chicken Thief Chief", "Savior: Bloody Battle in the Palace of Mattila", etc.

It made his blood boil.

not to mention.

In previous extreme training.

Voladi faced sieges from enemy ships that were several times or even dozens of times his number, and had long since mastered the skills to break out of the encirclement.

According to Vian's intelligence, a part of the Tau Empire's native defense forces was lured out.

Voladi was confident that he could launch an attack on the Tau Empire's homeland, then break out of the encirclement with minimal losses.

Since he took office as the fleet commander, he has been fighting space pirates, human smuggling black ships, alien wandering fleets, etc., and has not had any impressive results.

This time.

He wants to create his own brilliant record!

After the bait fleet leaves.

Voladi issued a new order:

"Everyone prepare for the jump, the target is the star system where the Keltu family world of the Tau Empire is located!"

soon.

The entire fleet entered the subspace channel and headed towards the world of Keltuo.

……

The world of Keltuo family.

airspace.

Whoosh whoosh—

A huge fleet hurriedly jumped over and stayed in the air.

That was the Tau fleet.

boom!
The wreckage of a warship fell into the planet Keltuo under the pull of gravity, causing a violent and dazzling explosion.

Inside the bridge.

"No...what kind of mistake have we made..."

Yingyang looked at this scene with a look of despair.

She's late!

After the Ether Elder transferred the surrounding garrisons to the Bockan Family Gate world, he waited for a long time.

There was no sign of the enemy coming.

When Yingyang sensed the crisis, he immediately put the other worlds on alert.

really.

A home world was attacked by a human fleet.

Fortunately, the home defense fleet arrived in time, shot down several enemy ships, and drove them out of the system's defense line.

Defended the safety of that important home world.

however.

Yingyang was keenly aware of the crisis.

She had a terrible vision.

That small human fleet was just a bait; the enemy might have a more terrifying plot.

after that.

Yingyang thought of the Naimya Atoll passage, and disobeyed orders and led the personal guard fleet directly to the world of Keltuo's home.

Want to stop the enemy's conspiracy.

However, it was too late.

Shadowsun looked at the airspace outside the dome.

Burning wreckage of ships was everywhere before our eyes, and a large number of Fire Clan warriors died helplessly in the cold space.

A human fleet destroyed the defenders of Keltuo at an extremely fast speed!
not far away.

The channel of Naimya Atoll is creating a constant gravitational force, sucking in the wreckage of the ship.

no doubt.

That human fleet has entered the Naimya Atoll channel!

Shadowsun didn't bother to ask why, and asked why the human knew the secret of Keltuo.

"Enemy attack!!!"

She connected to the mainland communication as quickly as possible and shouted almost heartbreakingly:

"The human fleet has passed through the Naimya Atoll and is about to reach the mainland!"

(End of this chapter)