Warhammer 40K in a box

Chapter 201 The fierce battle is in full swing

As the former overlord of the galaxy, the Necrons Fleet is no easy opponent.

Although Chen Xi did defeat the Tomb Technician's fleet in the last battle, that victory was not easy.

If the reinforcements had not arrived in time, Rostov II would not have fallen, but it would certainly have been difficult to fight.

Apart from anything else, the armed merchant ship of the state religion at that time was most likely to have sunk here.

This time, facing the Necron fleet, since our side is temporarily at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, delaying time is actually the best option.

After all, there are still two Moon-class ships in the port that can be put into battle. By then, our side will have six cruisers and two light cruisers, while the opponent will have three cruisers and five light cruisers. Although this strength cannot be said to be overwhelming, it still has an advantage.

And this won't delay much time. The star port's shield can delay it for enough time.

But Chen Xi didn't intend to do so.

On the one hand, being blocked at the door and not daring to rush out has a huge impact on morale. On the other hand, they are also afraid that these Necrons will split their forces, use some warships to hold them back, and then use other warships to destroy the orbital rings or carry out orbital bombardment of the planets below.

If the Necron fleet is divided and the Imperial fleet is blocked in the port and cannot break through the enemy's blockade for a while, it is very likely to cause the collapse of the war situation.

After all, for Chen Xi, it is not a big problem if the warship is damaged. There is a repair dock anyway, and as long as it is not sunk, it can be repaired.

But if the Necrons dismantled the orbital ring or caused serious damage to the city, his losses would be huge.

Moreover, Chen Xi was a little worried. Was the Necrons' fleet only composed of the eight warships in front of him?
Maimai and his team have investigated and found out that there is a dormant Undead dynasty in this sub-star region. Who knows how large the fleet of this Undead dynasty is?
So Chen Xi led the fleet and rushed towards the Necrons without hesitation.

Because the distance between the two sides was already quite close, almost entering the face-to-face combat distance, both sides opened fire at full power from the beginning.

Imperial warships are generally equipped with macro cannons and light spear arrays. Except for a nova cannon on Tonya's forge ship, there are no special weapons.

But since the empire has relied on macro cannons and light spears to conquer the world for ten thousand years, it is enough to prove that these two weapons inherited from the most glorious era of mankind are quite reliable.

The macro cannon can be said to be a very primitive technology. For various reasons, it is even loaded manually on the imperial warships.

But this ancient weapon, which can be traced back to 40,000 years ago, can still exert its power as the king of war, and can smash shells comparable to those of a super heavy tank into enemy ships.

The pure kinetic energy and mass of the strike bring pure destructive power.

What's more, the shells of the macro cannon are not big lumps of iron, and the warheads also have a strong destructive effect.

Even though the Necrons' warships were made of living metal and they were not without shield technology, they were still damaged by the macrocannon's shells.

Normally, given the agility of Necrons, they shouldn't be vulnerable to such attacks. In 998.M41, five Shroud-class light cruisers attacked a Mechanicus facility on the Forge World of Mars, with several successfully landing on Mars.

Before this, the Empire had encountered the Shroud-class many times, but had never destroyed it. Every time, the Shroud-class was able to successfully escape from the battlefield unscathed, which shows its mobility.

The Empire also did not have any ships with enough firepower to intercept the Shroud-class.

But when the Shroud-class abandoned its advantage in mobility to fight an offensive, their shortcomings were exposed.

But the Necron fleet was not simply a target for the Imperial warships to attack. The lightning arcs and Gaussian particle whips they were equipped with also caused certain damage to the Imperial warships. The void shields of the two warships were overloaded in the first round of fire, and they had to rely on the warships' own defenses to withstand the attack.

Fortunately, the Empire still had the starport as a backup. After the fleet left the port to meet the enemy, the starport's artillery fire finally began to roar, cooperating with the fleet to attack the Necron fleet.

After several rounds of fire, a Necrons Shroud-class ship was sunk, while two Imperial light cruisers withdrew from the battle.

However, at this time, the two Moon-class ships in the starport had finally completed all preparations, and finally left the port to join the battle. They seized the opportunity and used a round of torpedoes to damage a Scythe-class ship of the Necrons.

As the six light cruisers opened fire at full power, the Necron fleet gradually began to be unable to hold on.

Just when Chen Xi thought that the battle would end with the victory of the Empire, he suddenly received news that the Necron army had appeared on the surface of the planet, and the Necron mechanical army had once again launched an attack on the city of Rostov.

"Damn the Emperor's ass! These idiots actually have portals and armies on the planet?" Chen Xi cursed, but at this moment it was impossible for him to withdraw to support the battle on the planet's surface.

Guterres, who had already withdrawn from the battle, could only be teleported back to the surface of the planet with his kill team, and take Titus team to cooperate with the Blood Angels' Death Company to support the ground battle.

At the same time, Tonya and her Crusaders prepared to lower the forging ship directly into the planet's atmosphere to provide support to the ground.

Her forged ship was a modified light cruiser. It was not impossible to descend into the atmosphere, but doing so would be extremely extreme. It would require very high performance from the warship itself, as well as high technical skills from the operator.

If you are not careful, the battleship may fall directly to the ground and never come up again.

This also made Chen Xi feel regretful. If Mephisto had not been in a hurry to return the purchased Holy Wine to Baal, this battle would have been much easier if he had an extra strike cruiser.

But it doesn’t matter now. Guterres and Tonya’s ships have withdrawn from the battle, and they cannot join the battle for a while, so let them support the ground combat.

Chen Xi originally thought that this would be enough. Even if the battle on the planet's surface could not be decided for a while, he should be able to hold out. Once the space naval battle in orbit was decided, simply repeating the last orbital bombardment would be enough to solve most of the problems.

Although the subsequent effects of the orbital bombardment will create another piece of uncultivated land on the planet's surface, this is really not a big deal for the desertified planet of Rostov.

However, just as Chen Xi was switching the Black Ship to a new void shield generator and turning the ship around, preparing for another charge, Guterres, who had already descended to the surface, suddenly sent a communication: "Hey! Chen Xi, we can't handle it! Those idiots have taken out the Megalith!"

"Huh? What is that?" Chen Xi was confused. What did you say Pai Gu took out?
(End of this chapter)