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Chapter 82: Space Naval Battle (Part )
The orbital bombardment by the forge ships cost the Crypteks a considerable portion of their forces.

This made him very annoyed, but he had to grit his teeth and send out the few remaining warships in his hands.

Although this grave technician won the war against the wandering merchants more than eighty years ago, he also lost most of his strength.

After all, he was just a tomb technician of a small dynasty, and the number of ground troops and warships he had was limited.

In the aristocratic system of the Undead Dynasty, a dynasty has three levels from top to bottom: the Emperor, the Overlord and the Lord, corresponding to the Crown World, the Core World and the Edge World respectively. The strict hierarchy cannot be confused in the slightest.

The planet named Rostov II by humans is not the territory of the small dynasty called Farah, nor is it even a marginal world. It is just a private testing ground opened by the tomb technician himself.

In Necrons society, Crypteks are not usually affiliated with a dynasty, but rather serve it after being hired.

Therefore, generally speaking, grave technicians would not enter the dynasty's aristocratic system and own their own territories.

Of course, top-level tomb technicians like Astrologer Orikan can still become royal nobles and own their own territories.

But it is clear that the grave technician on the Rostov II did not have such a prominent status.

Therefore, he could only mobilize his own private troops and could not mobilize the army of the Farah dynasty.

If the Farah Dynasty had awakened by then, the Tomb Technician could still seek help from the dynasty's overlord, the Emperor. Even a single lord could provide him with enough help to send a powerful army to expel the monkeys from the planet.

But unfortunately, the Farah dynasty is still in slumber. As a tomb technician who only provides services for the dynasty, it is obviously impossible for him to wake up the French emperor and overlord who are still sleeping.

As for the lord, although he could indeed do so, unless his relationship with the lord was good enough, the awakened lord would have no reason to send troops to protect his private territory.

Fortunately for this tomb technician, although he lost a considerable number of his private soldiers eighty years ago and even his own sickle-class harvester was sunk, he still had the confidence to destroy these monkeys.

A Mist-class light cruiser broke out from the back of the planet, along with three Elegy-class attack ships.

(Scythe-class reaper, cruiser)

(Mist-class light cruiser)

(Elegy-class raider)
The appearance of this fleet naturally aroused the vigilance of the Foundry Ship. Even the Ecclesiarchy ships anchored in the starport weighed anchor and set sail, forming a formation with the Foundry Ship to meet the enemy.

Although the Ecclesiarchy ship is not considered a warship, it is itself a light cruiser-class ship, but with slightly weaker armament and protection.

When the Foundry and the Mist-class were fighting, the Ecclesiarchy's ships were also able to hold back three Elegy-class ships that were only at the frigate level.

However, in this case, both warships would need to participate in space naval battles and would not be able to provide orbital bombardment for the ground.

Seeing they couldn't capture the two human warships anytime soon, the Cryptids didn't give up on this and instead reorganized a ground offensive, launching an assault on Rostov. In the Cryptids' view, if a fleet battle couldn't achieve their strategic objectives, then destroying the monkeys and their city through ground combat was an acceptable option.

After all, the monkey called Rogue Merchant eighty years ago retreated because he could not bear the casualties of ground combat.

Even though the monkey had sunk his Scythe-class harvester, it had no way to forcibly occupy the planet as it had completely lost the ground battle.
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"Governor, the city of Rostov has been attacked by aliens. The defense forces are currently resisting, but we are short of troops and need support!" Rachel, who stayed in the city, sent a message asking for help and the relevant battle situation in Rostov.

Chen Xi took six of the ten defense legions away to attack the Undead Tomb, and the remaining four legions were relying on the city defense system to resist the attack of the Undead army.

At present, parts of the outer city have fallen. Although the defense forces can still resist, the battle situation is clearly not on the side of the Empire.

"I understand. I'll send troops to support you right away." Chen Xi had already anticipated the battle situation in the city, so he was not surprised to receive Rachel's news.

In fact, when he received the news that the Undead army was preparing to attack the city, in addition to ordering the forge ships to carry out orbital bombardment, he was also considering dispatching troops to provide support.

Rostov is a megacity with hundreds of millions of people. Although it is not a hive city, the only difference is the urban structure and living conditions.

In terms of city size, Rostov is no less than a hive city.

This kind of super-large city is not uncommon in the civilized world of the Empire. After all, not every planet can support the construction of a hive city.

But this also brought about a problem, not too big or too small, which was that the city’s defense was completely incomparable to that of the hive city.

A hive city is both a city and a fortress, with walls thick enough to withstand orbital bombardment and defenses strong enough to shoot down warships from low Earth orbit.

And the adamantine gates can be closed when necessary, providing the hive with a solid defense comparable to the adamantine armor of the void ship.

Ordinary megacities undoubtedly do not have these things.

Although the city of Rostov strengthened its defenses at Chen Xi's insistence after he took over, and the defense forces stationed in the city also recently upgraded their equipment, it still lacked some ability to withstand enemy attacks like the Nest City.

Fortunately, the attacking Necrons' strength is not exaggerated, and the defense forces are able to hold on thanks to the newly constructed city defense system.

It’s just because they don’t have enough troops to cover the entire city’s defense system. Their defense lines are full of loopholes and can be easily broken through by the Necrons.

Once the undead broke through their defense line, it would be a catastrophic blow to the defending forces.

"We must rush back to reinforce them, but the Sisters of Battle and the Skitarii have suffered heavy losses and need to recuperate. I'm afraid they won't be able to join the reinforcements for the time being." Chen Xi looked at General Gregory and asked him, "General, which regiments can return to reinforce us?"

"We've brought out six regiments. Considering the fighting here isn't over yet, I suggest leaving two to continue clearing out the alien ruins, while the second, sixth, and seventh regiments return for reinforcement." General Gregory glanced at the enemy and our own situation on the holographic map and quickly made a judgment: "Also, the first regiment should circumvent the enemy and attack from behind. By surrounding them on three sides, we can completely wipe them out!"

(End of this chapter)