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Chapter 200 Rostov Raid

At this time, in the Rostov II starport, the alarm sounded as if it would pierce the eardrums, and various defensive weapons were urgently put online and into operation.

The priests of the Mechanicum were trying to calm the Machine Spirits that were irritated by the emergency start-up. Under the dome of the starport were the defense forces and navy sailors who were running for their lives.

Several cruisers docked at the star port berths were urgently weighing anchor and setting sail, but they could not even retrieve the sailors they had sent out for the time being.

The Necrons' attack came with almost no warning, and the Necron warships, which never traveled through the Warp, caught the Imperial Navy, which was accustomed to enemy attacks from Mandeville Point, off guard.

This is also what makes the Necrons different from most races in the galaxy. They are a purely physical race and have never experienced any shit in the warp.

In other words, for various reasons, the Necrons took a sip of the Star God's feces before eating the shit of the Warp, which destroyed the entire race. Now the Necrons are just a group of robots with the memories of the Necrontyr. They don't even have souls, so how can they be related to the Warp that needs souls?

This means that the way the Necrons' warships travel at superluminal speeds is completely different from that of the current major races in the galaxy. They do not go through the subspace at all, but achieve superluminal speeds directly in the real universe.

(The oldest first generation of ribs is called Chaos Bionic Man)

(The Necrons' name comes from an Italian pornographic comic)
Not only that, the Necrons can also use the power of the Star God Burner to hack into the Webway established by the Old Ones and use the Webway to achieve long-distance transmission. The Necrons' Pumice Tower portal is realized by borrowing the Webway.

It is precisely because of this that the Necrons' fleet's maneuverability is terrifying, and it is so elusive that even the Eldar, who also use the Webway, cannot match it.

Because of this, the attack of the Necron fleet gave the Rostov II no time to react at all. Almost as soon as it discovered the enemy, these green warships of the ribs had already brushed against the Rostov fleet's face.

At this time, most of the cruisers of the Rostov fleet were still docked at the starport berth for maintenance, and the sailors had all gone out for vacation. There were only a small number of people on duty on each ship.

Even some officers left the battleship and came to the trading area set up in the star port to have a drink or enjoy some special services to relax.

Therefore, when the Necrons attacked, even if the officers who stayed behind immediately ordered the warships to raise anchor and set sail, and called back all the sailors outside, it would take some time for the warships to be put into combat.

Fortunately, Chen Xi was very concerned about Rostov's defense, and he had previously asked his space monkeys to upgrade the starport's shield.

Therefore, after the starport supported the void shield and energy shield, the Necrons were still unable to do anything to the starport for a while, nor could they destroy the warships that had not yet set sail in the starport.

But this does not mean that the fleet in the star port can slowly prepare before leaving the port.

At this time, in addition to the starport, there is also an orbital star ring under construction in the orbit of Rostov II. Although only one-tenth of the section has been completed, the hydroponic farm that has been put into operation must not be damaged.

Even though the hydroponic farm has been installed with void shields and the orbital ring module where it is located has defense facilities, it is not completely completed after all, and it is difficult to resist the attack of the Necron fleet.

Therefore, the fleet must set sail as quickly as possible to meet the enemy, otherwise, even if these Necron warships do not attack the orbital rings, it would be even worse if they bombarded the planets.

Although the city of Rostov is protected by city-level void shields and monkey force fields, it cannot withstand fleet-level orbital bombardment.

Fortunately, the warships of the Rostov fleet were elite, and preparations were completed quickly in the face of a powerful enemy.

Shortly after Chen Xi and his crew received the notification and arrived at the Black Ship's transporter room via teleportation, four cruisers were already ready to sail out to meet the enemy. Chen Xi's Black Ship was the first to complete its sailing preparations. After all, the Inquisition's Black Ship requirements were relatively strict, and Chen Xi had recent travel plans, so this Black Ship had already been preparing for sailing.

Therefore, when the alarm sounded, the black ships were the first to complete the gathering of crew members and preparations for sailing.

If it hadn't waited for Chen Xi and the others to be teleported up, it would probably have rushed out.

The next to complete the voyage were the Embers' strike cruisers, and the Space Marines' warships were equally efficient.

Following closely behind the two battleships is the Ruler-class. Because this ship is sponsored by the state religion, it is registered under the name of the Battle Sisters. Influenced by the religious fanaticism of the sisters, their efficiency is also quite high.

If they hadn't been waiting for the troops of battle sisters to board the ship, they would have been even faster.

Behind these three ships were the three new Moon-class ships. However, due to various reasons, when Chen Xi had already commanded the black ship to leave the port and the other two ships followed, only one Moon-class ship caught up.

There were still some crew members on the other two ships who had not yet been assembled, but it would not take much time and they would be able to join the battle soon.

In addition to several cruisers, Guterres' light cruiser and Tonya's forging ship have also completed preparations for sailing, following behind the four cruisers to prepare to enter the battlefield.

They were facing five Shroud-class light cruisers and three Scythe-class reaper ships.

The comparison of the enemy's and ours in terms of military strength cannot be said to be huge, but is just about equal.

If we make use of the star port's defense facilities, we can still win this battle.

But at this moment, the Human Empire still has many warships that have not left the port. If a battle breaks out, they may suffer some losses in the early stage and have to hold the line.

Chen Xi was mentally prepared for this and gave the order directly: "The entire fleet will form a single horizontal formation. After a round of torpedo salvos, I will be the flagship and form a single vertical formation to meet the enemy!"

A single horizontal formation is one in which all the warships are lined up in a horizontal row, with their bows facing the enemy.

This is one of the formations commonly used by the Imperial Navy, which facilitates the use of the advantages of the human empire's ships and bow torpedoes.

In a single column formation, all the warships are connected head to tail in a column, thus taking advantage of the flanking firepower.

If the enemy is still far away, Chen Xi will adopt a single horizontal formation and use the last piece of refined gold armor on the bow to meet the enemy, thereby reducing the damage to the fleet.

But now the enemy is almost at our face, so naturally we have to "go it alone and attack", making the most of our firepower advantage and fighting the enemy.

Following Chen Xi's order, the six warships fired a round of torpedoes at the same time, and then immediately began to turn without caring whether they hit the target or not. With Chen Xi's black ship as the flagship, they formed a horizontal line and began to advance towards the Necrons.

At the same time, the cannons and light spears on the sides of all the warships began to roar.

(End of this chapter)