Warhammer, but Emperor's Chosen

"They're coming again!" White shouted in warning.

Large groups of biological ships came from all directions, and countless plasma cannons hit the void shield of the Stars, emitting bursts of dazzling light.

The powerful void shield resisted all incoming attacks, and the speed of the Stars, which would never be reduced, ensured to the greatest extent possible that the leech-like biological landing ships launched by the Tyranids could not pass through the void shield.

Even if they managed to pass through the void shield, they would be quickly destroyed by the small point defense arrays distributed throughout the hull.

Under the personal control of the machine soul, every shell can hit the target!

The same thing happened in the fleet led by the Stars. Even after repeated attacks, dozens of warships remained unscathed.

But not all warships were so lucky.

Especially those warships that were left alone and failed to receive timely rescue.

The frigate's void shields overloaded in a flash of blinding fire, and more plasma cannons tore through its hull.

The cruiser could withstand more bombardment, but unfortunately it would be caught by the tentacles of the biological ship. No matter how the plasma engine roared, it was just a futile struggle. As more and more biological ships gathered, the cruiser was finally broken into two by the binding and tearing of flesh and blood.

But regardless, the war continues.

"How much is left?" Noah asked.

"58 Hive Ships."

Nono answered, but quickly added, "According to the Thinker's estimate."

Compared to when the Tyranid fleet entered the galaxy, the size of the Hive Fleet has been reduced to only 1/4 of its original size. Among them, more than 50 Hive Motherships were killed by the Stars alone!

Although their fleet is much smaller than other battle groups, they are much more efficient in killing Zerg.

Although the number of the Tyranid fleet is still overwhelming, it at least gives the Imperial fleet hope of victory.

However, there was one thing Noah didn’t understand: why the Zerg Fleet hadn’t withdrawn yet?

The Hive Mind is a foodie, but not a fool.

Whenever a hive fleet selects a galaxy as a target, the hive mind will prioritize the cost-effectiveness of conquering these galaxies.

Planets with rich biomass and limited defenses will be their first choice. On the contrary, those heavily guarded fortress planets or worthless death worlds will often be abandoned by the Hive Fleet.

Because the biomass harvested from conquering these planets is not as much as the biomass consumed by the Zerg fleet, conquering them would be a loss-making business.

Macragge is such a planet.

Most of the population here has been relocated, and the size of the fleet gathered here is the sum of several sector fleets.

Even if they captured the Macragge system, the biomass that the Zerg could harvest would not be enough to make up for their losses. If the Hive Fleet was rational enough, it would change its strategy and let the Hive Fleet leave the Macragge system and attack those worlds with weak defenses instead.

But it is obvious that the Zerg Fleet is adopting the exact opposite strategy.

Even though they knew that the losses would be huge, and even that they had already lost more than half of their forces, the Zerg Fleet never had any intention of giving up and continued to march towards Macragge relentlessly.

But why?

Can’t give up because the sunk cost is too high?

But no matter how high the sunk cost is, can it be as high as the cost of total annihilation?

Although leaving Macragge now would result in a large loss of biomass, the remaining fleet could still easily capture any star system except Macragge. As long as the Hive Fleet was given enough time, they could make up for the losses in a short period of time and even regroup a fleet larger than the current one.

There is no way the Hive Will would fail to calculate such a simple account.

Why did it persist? What was it after? It couldn't be Robouti Guilliman's body, could it?

But Guilliman has been transferred by the Ultramarines!

It can't be in retaliation for their actions in Plantium, right?

Although some members of the Hive Mind do like to hold grudges, they wouldn't get so angry over such a small matter, right?

Rather than saying that the Zerg was desperate and attacked Macragge at all costs, Noah felt it was more likely that the Zerg was starving.

Perhaps the Hive Mind believes that as long as they destroy the fleet assembled in Macragge, they can eat to their heart's content?

In theory, yes.

Because once Macragge is captured and the assembled fleet is annihilated by the Zerg fleet, there will be no ships available in the surrounding star regions.

Thousands of worlds will fall to the Hive Mind, and nothing can stop it.

But why?

With only less than one million biological ships left, can the Zerg Fleet really annihilate them?

Or do they have other plans?

"Captain, the fleet has assembled." White reminded softly.

Noah came back to his senses and his eyes fell on the tactical panel, which displayed the remaining fleet under his command.

5 strike cruisers, 25 cruisers, and 62 frigates.

After a series of bloody battles, the fleet's size was unsurprisingly reduced by more than -300%.

While the other three battle groups suffered heavy losses due to the continuation of the war, only Noah's fleet increased in number instead of decreasing.

There is no special reason, it's mainly because of good luck. The plasma cannons of the Zerg Fleet either missed due to judgment failure or were blocked by the void shield due to "insufficient power", so no battleship has been destroyed so far.

As a result, the fleet commanded by Noah became the one with the best preserved strength among the four main battle groups.

On the other hand, the Hive Fleet has been reduced in number and is no longer as desperate as it was at the beginning. As long as they cooperate with other battle groups to launch a few more sprints, they will have a chance to annihilate all the Hive Motherships and win this war!

But plans can never keep up with changes.

White warned loudly with a serious expression:

"Captain! We have received a call for assistance from Macragge! The second Tyranid fleet has bypassed our defenses and is invading Macragge!"

Noah immediately turned his head to the holographic ball, which showed a view of the entire galaxy. Somewhere on the holographic ball, a large area of ​​red and blue dots intertwined, that was where they were.

But at the other end of the holographic sphere, a large wave of red dots were inserting from above the galaxy. They bypassed the defenses deployed by the Imperial fleet on Circe and were heading towards Macragge unimpeded!

"We turn around and order the fleet to return immediately!"

Noah immediately made a judgment that the team battle could be lost, but Macragge must not be lost!

With this thought in mind, Noah looked at the holographic ball. A blue dot appeared in front of the Zerg Hive Fleet, as dazzling as a green dot among a sea of ​​flowers.

Although it is so small, it still tries hard to stop the tentacles of Tyrone, with the courage of one man blocking the way of ten thousand.

Whose general is this? How could he be so brave?

"White, whose boat is that?" Noah asked curiously.

White quickly reported.

"Imperial code confirmed, it's Judgment Seraph."

Chapter 45: Boarding! Boarding! Boarding!

The Terrans also had a second fleet, which was completely beyond the expectations of the Imperial fleet.

Although this fleet was much smaller than the first Tyranid fleet, with only over a million bio-ships, it posed a far greater threat to Macragge than the first fleet because it successfully bypassed the Imperial fleet's defense area.

This forced the Imperial fleet to return immediately, otherwise once Macragge was destroyed, it would be meaningless even if the Tyranid fleet could be completely wiped out.

When the Stars arrived at Macragge, the defense platforms in orbit were coordinating with the belated Seraph of Judgment to fire heavily at the Tyranid swarm.

The most eye-catching of these is undoubtedly the Galtan Star Fortress. This magnificent star fortress, which is more than 100 kilometers long, carries a tremendous firepower that is almost equivalent to an entire star zone battle fleet. Every salvo of light spears and macro cannon arrays can easily evaporate hundreds of biological ships!

Although the firepower of the star fortress is strong, the space area it needs to defend is too vast!

Thousands of biological ships successfully broke through the siege under the cover of countless corpses of their own kind. Perhaps it was because the Hive Mind knew that it would be difficult to overload the void shield of Galatan Star Fortress in a short period of time relying solely on the firepower of the Hive Fleet.

So these biological ships even gave up firing and instead used their huge bodies to directly crash into the Galtan Star Fortress!

Even though many bio-ships had been destroyed by the powerful artillery fire of Galtan Star Fortress before that, or because of their high speed, they directly burst into shining light on the void shield. However, due to the lack of cover from the Imperial Fleet and the Zerg's reckless attack, a large number of bio-ships still successfully passed through the void shield and used their huge bio-ships to directly crash through the outer armor of the Star Fortress!

Tens of thousands of Tyranid units are pouring out of the wreckage of the bio-ships, and they will directly attack the fortress from the inside.

At a speed visible to the naked eye, the firing frequency of the Galtan Star Fortress was becoming lower and lower, a large number of artillery positions had lost contact, and the defense efficiency had also dropped sharply.

While Galtan Star Fortress and other defense platforms, and even the Judgment Seraph, were being boarded, thousands of Tyranid bio-ships successfully broke through the defense platform's fire blockade and entered the planet's upper orbit.

The laser arrays and large artillery on the ground fought back fiercely, destroying hundreds of Tyranid bio-ships. But before that, these Tyranid bio-ships had completed their mission -

Countless air-dropped fungus sacs streaked across the sky with an ominous scream, bringing a destructive rain of insects to Macragge!

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Constellation, command bridge.

Petty Officer Balthus, who was in command of the Baptism of Fire, sent a communication in a deep voice:

"Sir Noah, we will continue to accept your command. Please give the order!"

Noah stared at the tactical panel closely. The other imperial fleets were intercepted by the first Zerg fleet and it was difficult for them to break through the blockade and return to the rescue in a short time.

In other words, they are the only ones who can support Macragge now!

Noah analyzed for a moment and calmly gave the order:

"Support Galtan Star Fortress at all costs and allow the defenders to recapture the star fortress in the shortest possible time. In addition, the Stars will go to rescue the Judgment Seraph, and the fleet command will be handed over to the Baptism of Fire!"

Their small fleet had more than 30 battleships of various types. Although they were unable to intercept the huge Tyranid fleet, they still had a chance to rescue Galtan Star Fortress. However, the Judgment Seraph, which was also surrounded, could not be ignored, so Noah prepared to rescue Huron himself.

Balthus had no objection to this. After all, there was a Space Marine Chapter Master on the Seraph of Judgment, and they could not sit idly by and watch him die.

Therefore, the operation to rescue the Judgment Seraph is also necessary.

"The Hyrkania will also participate in the operation to rescue the Judgment Seraph!" said Sergeant Andal in a deep voice.

His proposal was not surprising, and no one would object.

After all, as a member of the Astral Claws, he had no reason not to rescue his chapter leader.

Even if Noah didn't go, he would definitely go.

Considering that they would most likely board the ship, and the Stars had no torpedoes, Noah added before the communication was cut off:

"Sergeant Andar, please send the Thunderhawk gunship to land on the Stars as soon as possible. I need the assistance of the Sky Claws."

In this way, the already small fleet was divided again. The Baptism of Fire led a large force to reinforce the Galatian Fortress, while Noah led the Stars and Hyrcania to reinforce the Seraph of Judgment.

This battle barge with powerful firepower has now completely stopped, the void shield has long been overloaded, and the plasma engine has been destroyed in a violent explosion. Only the defense array on it is still firing from time to time, proving that the defense forces on it are still holding on.

The Stars broke through the interception of the Tyranid fleet and successfully reached the space around the Judgment Seraph.

Compared to the Seraph of Judgment, the Constellation, which is five kilometers long, is as small as a pocket toy.

But the two sides are now in completely different situations.

The void shield of the Stars remained operational throughout, and the overwhelming Tyranid plasma cannons had no effect on it.

But the Judgment Seraph is just the opposite. Not only is the hull covered with corrosive acidic substances, but the slug-like biological ships are firmly "embedded" in the hull.

These biological ships, which were constantly squirming up and down in the hull, had earlier used their hard heads to ram through the hull's armor and transported a large number of Tyranid units into the interior, which was also the main reason for the battleship's suspension.

"Captain, the Thunderhawk gunboat has arrived at the hangar." White reported.

Noah stood up from his command seat and immediately gave the order:

"Sister Ajetta, gather your team! Nono, get your mechas ready!"

"Captain, you are the captain, you can't take such a risk!"

Commander Abelard's face slightly changed, and he hurried forward to try to stop Noah. How could a fleet commander personally lead his men to board the ship?

"Captain Abelard, as you said, I am the captain." Noah glanced at him and spoke in a firm tone.

"White, you are in command now."

"As you command, Captain."

Although White was also worried, she did not raise any objections and faithfully carried out Noah's orders.

soon.

The Hyrkania launched the first surprise attack, with five boarding torpedoes clearly aimed directly at the bridge of the Judgment Seraph. The roaring melt array successfully melted the external armor, the air rolled with heat waves, and the scorching metal liquid slid down the bulkhead.

Then, there were gunshots.