The Emperor’s Angel of Death

Chapter 3322 Orpheus's Fury (1)

"Ninth Cruiser Squadron is in position."

"Second Battleship Division is in position."

"Third Air Squadron is in position."

On the bridge of the Randar, while reviewing various information, Sochoyan paid close attention to the changes in the battle situation. Most of Amara's orbital defenses had been destroyed, but they delayed the Necron fleet longer than expected, preventing them from bombing the ground for too long.

Communication with Amara Prime had been cut off, but Sochoyan believed that with the forces he had deployed, it would be difficult for the enemy to take the planet in a short time unless they really invested hundreds of millions of troops.

The main force of the Orpheus Joint Fleet had approached Amara, and the vanguard fleet of the Menak Dynasty could no longer stay in orbit. It had only been an hour since they raided Amara Prime, and even Combat Stations 4 and 5 were still holding out, but facing the massive human fleet, the proud overlord of the Menak Dynasty chose to meet them head-on, perhaps because it had enough confidence in its ground forces.

The Necron fleet had already deployed, but Sochoyan's rapid fleet was also in position. Taking advantage of Menak's attack on Amara, the fleet deployed on Amara III, mainly composed of small, fast ships, had circled around to the far point of Amara Prime. Although the Necrons had previously paid no attention to these small ships, they had to divert some ships to deal with them when the fighting really started.

The reason was simple: if these small ships rushed to Amara Prime when the Menak fleet was fighting the main human fleet, it might bring devastating blows to the Menak ground forces fighting on the ground. After all, even the hardest obelisk and pyramid could hardly resist attacks from even the smallest frigate in orbit.

This was Sochoyan's second move. These small ships could not pose a threat to the Necron ships, but they could pose a threat to the Necron ground forces, thus forcing the Menak fleet to split its forces to deal with them.

The rapid fleet had 113 small cruisers and frigates (including 18 light cruisers). Even though they were very fragile, they were also very flexible. It was not easy for the Menak ships to deal with them, and it would take a long time at least.

As Sochoyan expected, the Menak fleet was divided into two parts, with 40 raiding ships detached from the main fleet to attack the rapid fleet.

Then he now had to face only 2 tomb ships, 30 harvester ships, and 71 raiding ships, totaling 103 warships.

In Sochoyan's main fleet, there was 1 Abyss-class, 7 battleships, 45 cruisers, and 365 small ships, plus Minotaur's 4 battle barges and 12 strike cruisers, and the Marauder Chapter's 1 strike cruiser and 2 frigates, totaling 437 warships.

The ratio of enemy to us was 1:4, and the humans had an absolute numerical advantage.

But was that enough?

Actually, it was not enough.

According to the Varient Thought Engine's continuous deduction for half an hour, the result it came to was that with the existing technology and firepower level of human ships, in order to be able to engage with one hundred Necron warships with a ship size configuration of 1:3:6 and win a complete victory, at least 8 times the number of ships was needed, and the tonnage configuration could not be worse than the opponent's, that is to say, the proportion of large warships had to be even higher.

In fact, Sochoyan still had a fleet in his hands, that was, the Mechanicus's warships. Several forge worlds had also put together forty or so warships, including several battleships, but he did not invest all the ship forces at once.

Because he was not sure whether Menak would send other fleets to attack the rear areas, especially the Decapolis star system, so there must be a certain scale of fleet as a reserve team and emergency response.

Of course, he also had the final insurance, the Eternal Court's rapid reaction fleet had been assembled, and more than two hundred ships were hidden in the asteroid belt, ready to support the battlefield at any time.

But this was the last resort, even a way to use after a complete defeat.

"Maintain the fleet's forward course."

The Necron ships moved so quickly that even with nearly a quarter fewer, they still rushed towards the Orpheus battle group.

Sochoyan watched the red marks flashing constantly on the tactical instrument, and tapped his fingers lightly on the armrest of the command throne.

Soon, various ear-piercing alarms sounded.

"Giant energy signal detected!"

"Strengthen the frontal void shield energy output!"

"Abnormal spatial fluctuation energy signal detected!"

As Sochoyan expected, the Necrons took the lead, and their large ships launched long-range artillery fire at the human fleet. The Necrons' particle whip generators not only had terrifying power, but also had more terrifying range and accuracy.

In the blink of an eye, Sochoyan saw "patches" of ships disappear from the tactical instrument, followed by a series of loss reports.

"Report! Death Glory has been destroyed!"

"Report! Orpheus's Blade has been destroyed!"

"Report! Flashpoint has been destroyed!"

In just one attack, 21 ships were destroyed, including 5 cruisers, and another 9 ships were severely damaged, including a battleship cruiser, that is, the Star Knight's Mars Offspring - its void shield withstood the first shot, but it did not expect that two ships would aim at it at the same time, and the second shot that followed directly penetrated its right hull, causing a serious fire, and at least 2 main turrets could not work.

The Randar, being in the center of the fleet, was not attacked, but obviously the opponent would not ignore this huge warship.

"Fire according to the predetermined firepower distribution plan."

Sochoyan calmly issued the order, and then the Randar took the lead in counterattacking, the barrage of black light cannons was shocking, and many captains had never seen such a powerful weapon in human hands.

The Necrons' small ships were difficult to aim at, but the Harvester ships that indiscriminately attacked the fleet were good targets, and he did not choose to attack the Tomb ship.

The anti-matter weapon hit a Harvester ship that did not take evasive action at an extremely fast speed, instantly turning it into scattered fragments in the universe.

You must know that for the existing human technology, let alone the Tomb ship, even the Harvester ship has incredible toughness and is extremely difficult to destroy. According to the calculation of the Myriad Minds, it takes the firepower of 3-4 Imperial Navy capital ships to destroy the opponent in one fell swoop without giving the opponent a chance to repair or escape.

But the Randar completed it with one shot!

In an instant, cheers rang out on the bridge. Everyone was suffocated by the overwhelming firepower of the Necrons. This gap was so desperate, especially the terrifying performance of the Bloody Hundred Days. Many local Orpheus captains had already given up hope when they were fighting, but now they saw that they also had weapons to fight against the enemy, and the previous fear and despair were swept away.