Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 450

Chapter 449: Stealing a Ship is So Easy

Chapter 449, It’s that easy to rob a ship

. The Wraith Spike won the first battle. With one shot, it blew up a Silver Sword first.

This is the normal performance of the Retribution-class battleship. A solid shot from the X-class “Sky Punishment” Light Spear Array is the result.

Moreover, the Wraith Spike has three X-class macro cannons of the same level.

Compared with the Light Spear Array, the power of the macro cannons of the same specification is much stronger, but the hit rate is much lower.

There are also 18 L-class weapons that should not be underestimated, which is as many as the three cruisers of the human side.

This is the power of the battleship.

Of course, losing a frigate at the beginning of the battle was also a bit of luck. At such a distance, even the Light Spear is not so easy to hit.

In fact, the three macro cannons fired afterwards, as well as the multiple L-class weapons, all missed, and only a few shots hit, and no more damage was caused.

During this process, the ships of both sides were getting closer and closer.

The ‘Ghost Spike’ rushed at full speed towards the part of the combined fleet that came out of Bianma IV. As the distance between the two sides got closer and closer, the firepower hit rate of both sides also increased during the bombardment.

The losses on the human fleet side began to increase.

But at the same time, the void shields surrounding the ‘Ghost Spike’ were also flashing frequently, gradually turning to a dangerous red. Even some of the combined fleet’s firepower could penetrate the void shield and directly damage the armor and hull of the ‘Ghost Spike’.

The void shield carried by the ‘Ghost Spike’ was of course very strong, but it couldn’t withstand the beating of a single ship. There were no frigates to intercept its firepower, and even no small boats to block it. All the artillery fire of the combined fleet had to be absorbed by itself. No matter how strong the void shield was, it couldn’t withstand such a bombardment.

Not to mention that half of the fleet chasing behind it also kept projecting firepower at it.

But even so, the result achieved by the alliance fleet at the moment was nothing more than turning its void shield red. The price paid was that at least ten warships exploded into space junk in a short period of time.

Even the cheapest patrol ship costs more than 30 million each, and ten ships cost 300 million; not to mention that the exploded warships were not all patrol ships, but also three frigates.

At this moment, the alliance’s losses in the naval battle have reached more than 1 billion.

The naval decisive battle is the most expensive thing.

Without the Tianma Fleet being taken in by Gu Hang and without the century-old accumulation of Gu’s Trading Company, the alliance could not afford to fight with the ships accumulated in the past few years.

But even with such an exchange ratio, Zhong Jihua, who was on the “Soul Spike”, was still not satisfied.

Does he care about destroying a few small ships of the alliance?

Of course not.

Under his request, the powerful firepower of the battleship fiercely fired at the absolute core of the fleet in front of it, the cruiser.

However, a lot of firepower was intercepted. Even if it could not be intercepted, several patrol ships would even appear to block the attack.

After fighting for so long, they were unable to pose any definite threat to the cruiser.

However, at this distance, it had reached the level that Zong Jihua wanted.

Led by the warband wizard, two hundred space warriors were already on standby in four boarding torpedoes.

For the human navy, boarding directly through boarding torpedoes is an unconventional tactic. Boarding torpedoes are not cheap in themselves, and it is even more expensive to load people and equipment into them. In naval battles, any accidents will occur during the flight before boarding, and it is easy to be intercepted. Once intercepted, both the people and the ship will be written off, and the loss is huge.

And because the space of the boarding torpedo is limited, the number of personnel and equipment that can be loaded inside is also limited, and it is not certain that you can win even if you board.

Only the greenskins like to do this. They don’t take their lives seriously, and their boarding torpedoes are cheap as if they are free.

The human fleet doesn’t like to fight. Although the Marines are not treated as human beings by the navy masters, they always pay attention to the cost-effectiveness.

But the Space Marines are an exception.

They are strong enough and elite enough to complete tasks that require large forces with a small number of them. They are completely suitable for battlefields such as boarding operations with limited delivery and narrow combat space.

Just solve one problem: the safety of delivery.

The Space Marines are powerful, but they are also very valuable. It doesn’t matter if a boarding torpedo is destroyed, but if a ship of Space Marines dies, no one can withstand it.

Therefore, when each regiment plays a boarding battle, in this link, it can be said that each has its own unique skills, that is, to try every means to accurately and safely send people to the enemy ship.

Some put a lot of effort into the boarding torpedoes, making them strong and flexible, or turning them into stealth mode so that they would not be detected, and adding multiple batches and placing many fake targets to hide the real boarding torpedoes… In short, they are willing to spend more money;

some are playing with psychic teleportation, which is more accurate, but also has higher requirements and risks, and is easily deflected by the anti-teleportation device.

The method adopted by the “Ashes of the Dead” is a combination of the two.

Zhong Jihua on the bridge stared at the group of alliance ships in front of him with madness in his eyes.

He shouted: “Let’s go!”

Immediately afterwards, the “Revenant Spike” suddenly released more than 20 boarding torpedoes.

Among them, most of them were of course fake, and there were only four loaded with Ashes of the Dead.

The interception firepower of the alliance fleet was of course directly exerted, and many boarding torpedoes were destroyed by the interception firepower.

The four genuine boarding torpedoes loaded with Ashes of the Dead actually also took some firepower. But these four boarding torpedoes were all equipped with small energy shields to block the attack.

Of course, this also led to their exposure.

But it doesn’t matter.

In an instant, the scarlet light enveloped the four boarding torpedoes, and suddenly, they disappeared.

The next moment, the four boarding torpedoes appeared in the void shield of the Opera at the same time!

Then, they slammed into the hull of the Opera.

The extremely hard conical front end of the boarding torpedo broke through the armor of the ship, and then a micro-explosion occurred, which detached the warhead and provided a good attack space for the soldiers in the rear compartment of the torpedo.

Then, a total of 200 traitorous space marines in the four boarding torpedoes rushed out.

They cleared the surrounding enemies in a very short time.

There are usually 100,000 people on a cruiser like the Opera. A considerable number of them are the so-called “crew world”, that is, people who were born on the ship, and their previous generation or even the previous generation were all crew members. They are ship servants, and there are also some technical officers from aristocratic families.

These people are the key to a ship that can be built and operated, and can maintain itself during long-term voyages. At the bottom of the starship, it is even equivalent to a closed, self-circulating society.

The ships on the Pegasus Fleet are not particularly obvious in this regard. Some sailors can still retire from the ship and then recruit new people from the ground planet.

After all, they are stationed in their own nests for a long time.

But there are some ships in the empire that are on missions all year round and constantly sail in space. The so-called “crew family” really has not left the ship for several generations. It is common for them to intermarry and live in the ship for a lifetime.

But whether they are recruited or on the ship all year round, these people who are mainly sailors, workers, and servants obviously do not have any combat effectiveness.

Even when the war breaks out, they will be distributed with weapons.

After the Ash Dead successfully boarded the ship, the first wave of resistance they encountered came from these armed sailors, with a scale of several thousand people, so they were naturally swept away by them.

Then, these traitorous space marines did not continue to launch a fierce attack. They waited for two minutes.

At this time, more boarding torpedoes came in.

Although these boarding torpedoes did not have the help of the warband wizards and did not have the ability to teleport, they lost a lot when breaking through the interception firepower in front. Among them, the moment of greatest loss was when they slowed down to pass through the void shield.

Sixteen boarding torpedoes, only three finally arrived.

This probability is very low, and significantly lower than normal.

Because on the battlefield now, the Alliance’s ships only have the “Revenant Spike” as a target. When the boarding torpedoes appeared, naturally a lot of interception firepower was attracted.

From this perspective, being able to successfully board three ships is already very good.

And a total of 1,500 people came down from these three boarding torpedoes. They all wore black and red combat uniforms, and a high proportion of them wore exoskeletons.

These people belonged to the servants of the Ash Dead.

After joining the real Ash Dead, a total of 1,700 people began to move towards the Opera.

During this process, the team inside the Opera was also gathering.

In addition to the ordinary crew, there were 20,000 marines among the total 100,000 people on the ship. They were even equipped with armored vehicles, sentinel mechas and other things.

The combat effectiveness of these troops was of course much stronger than the first wave of ship sailors.

However, when the Ash Dead led their elite auxiliary troops forward, the Marines once again served as a miserable background.

The armored vehicles that blocked the main passage in the ship were destroyed by the plasma guns of the Ash Dead, and then quickly pushed away and dismantled. Then, the Terminator team among the Ash Dead strode out of the gap, and under the bombardment of the semi-fixed machine gun turrets behind, they used hand-held grenade launchers to remove all the human firepower points.

After the passage was cleared, the troops immediately followed. In front of them, another team of Marine Sentinel Mechs appeared, but this time they were directly cleared by the rebel Space Marines with their bolters.

Under the leadership of the Space Marines, the entire team’s speed of advancement, although sometimes fast and sometimes slow, was generally quite smooth, and they resolutely headed towards the bridge of the ship.

The bridge command center is the command center of a warship and the brain of the warship. At this point, they can take over most of the control of the ship.

At the same time, they can also use the broadcasting system facing the entire ship here to allow the warband wizards to quickly spread Chaos corruption.

This is a temporary measure and is not suitable for large-scale use. But in the critical and closed environment of the ship, it is quite effective.

They have used this trick many times in the past and are familiar with it.

Robbing a ship is such a simple thing.

The commander of this Ash Dead, Anconi Ben, even felt a little bored. He said, “There’s nothing special about this so-called alliance.”

“It’s no different from the situation of other imperial ships.”

“Didn’t they say there were Phoenixes? Why didn’t they show up? If those bastards and new recruits from nowhere showed up, they could help us to relieve our boredom.”

Just as he was saying this, he suddenly received intelligence.

An auxiliary army group deployed on the side said that they were defeated.

At first, I thought it was just an elite Marine Corps.

After all, the Marines on those ships also had a large number of Sentinel mechas. Although the auxiliary army deployed on the side was very skilled and had the blessing of Chaos God, it was normal for them to be defeated under the enemy’s numerical advantage.

The commander quickly arranged for support, and another auxiliary army unit rushed over to plug the loophole there.

But soon, that team was wiped out. At the same time, there was also new information: the one who defeated them was not just a Marine Corps soldier, but a group of Space Marines wearing scarlet power armor!

Now, I was already feeling excited!

It was boring, but now something interesting is coming, isn’t it?

However, after thinking about it, he decided not to make things complicated.

Their most important task at the moment was to occupy the bridge first.

After they occupied it, they would let the wizards of the warband do what they should do, and their main force would just stay in the bridge.

If those “new recruits” and “bastards” wanted to do anything, they would naturally launch an active attack on the bridge. At that time, they would set up a defense line on the bridge and wait for the opportunity.

In his opinion, it was normal for some Space Marines to appear on this cruiser. But the number should not be large.

However, the subsequent news made him alert.

From the side in another direction, there were also traces of Phoenix Space Marines appearing.

Then, the troops attacking from the front also said that they were blocked by Phoenix and their attack was limited.

“How many people are there?”

Anconi Ben already felt a little bad.

But if it was limited to this, he would just feel bad and nervous. Even if they had a hundred or even two hundred Phoenixes in front of them, what would it matter?

These new Phoenixes, as he said, are all “new recruits”. According to their standards, a group of people who have just become Space Marines for at most ten years, what is there to be afraid of!

(End of this chapter)