Chapter 301 05.0300: "The Battle on Fal Star Begins"

"Go ahead, little ones! Waaaagh!"

The officers on the command bridge watched through the holographic star map and audio monitoring as the green-skinned junk ship launched another attack on the orbital defense platform and star fortress with a majestic roar.

Among them, Horatio discovered the garbage ship that had been damaged by the explosion.

The strange face that was burned and collapsed by the light spear and plasma bomb was the key evidence to help him confirm the identity of the ship.

No wonder these greenskins ran away, it turns out they were going to look for bigger targets.

However, Horatio found no trace of the giant rock, and all he had detected so far was a half-destroyed garbage ship.

This made him wonder.

There are only two possibilities.

Either the greenskin main fleet is lying in ambush in the dark like them, sending these half-destroyed garbage ships to cross the minefield and clear the waterway.

Either the main greenskin fleet is fighting with the Chaos fleet somewhere else, and they temporarily sent the half-damaged garbage ships to carry out suicide attacks, and then attack the planet after their main force has dealt with the Chaos fleet.

Horatio felt that the latter was more in line with the greenskins' style, judging from their previous actions of rushing towards the fleet Waaaagh.

If there was a main fleet next to the planet at this time, they would have rushed over at once.

Furthermore, the Chaos fleet that attacked Farr was definitely not in the vicinity, and the reconnaissance team searched for three full days without finding any trace of the mutinous ship.

There are only some planetary defense ships without the ability to navigate in subspace patrolling around the planet.

Those ships were once planetary assets loyal to the Empire, but now, they have become pawns of the Rebellion.

Brigadier General Peru, who had fought against the greenskins many times, had already considered the second situation in advance.

"We let these greenskins pass through first and let them take out the planetary defense ships.

When those junk ships fall into the minefield, we will use the Nova Cannon to take away these dirty aliens along with the minefield.

Captain, issue Level 1 combat alert."

"As you command, Captain."

The fleet originally wanted to give the officers and soldiers a day to rest before the siege of the port began.

But the greenskins' offensive brought the opportunity to attack, but also took away the time for the naval officers and soldiers to rest.

This is war, there are a lot of uncertainties.

Opportunities are fleeting, and only the wisest commanders can seize them and achieve the greatest victory at the lowest cost.

Horatio has two main tasks next.

First, before the battleships launched a boarding attack, he would command the air force to sweep and destroy minefields that might threaten the fleet's navigation.

When the fleet enters the inner ring of the planet's orbit, he will serve as the fleet liaison officer and launch a lightning strike on the star fortress with his old comrade Louise and the Hell's Vanguards.

After completing the boarding mission, the fleet is guided from the star fortress navigation beacon to coordinate maneuvers in the relatively narrow inner orbit of the orbit to avoid collisions and mine accidents.

Of course, this is only a tentative plan. The timing of the battle is unpredictable and the mission may change at any time.
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The green garbage ship puffed out flames filled with yellow, green and black smoke as it rushed towards the orbital defense platform where the star fortress was located.

It looked like it was intended to crash into it.

This star fortress, whose surface is already in ruins, has endured the impact of countless battles.

From defending the Imperial Planetary Defense Force against the Chaos fleet, to becoming the frontline of Chaos' servants against the green-skinned aliens.

Now, its surface armor is full of pits and pits, and many of its usable macro-gun turrets have been lost.

This is both good and bad for the Imperial Navy.

Fortunately, the damage to the Imperial Navy's warships will be reduced accordingly. Unfortunately, after capturing the star fortress, its defensive effectiveness will be greatly reduced, which will be detrimental to subsequent operations.

But a navy focused on reducing fleet losses will be more satisfied with its current state.

Those planetary defense ships began to gather and fire at the green garbage ships.

These planetary defense ships do not belong to the Imperial Navy, but are the planet's own assets. The number and equipment of these ships depend on how much the planetary governor is willing to pay for them. Even if they are bigger, they still cannot beat the Imperial Navy's frigates in a one-on-one fight.

These ships do not have military-grade void shields, but are equipped with civilian-grade void shields of the same type as Imperial freighters.

If a planet wanted to rebel, it would only need a light cruiser or a frigate squadron to easily destroy the planetary defense ships, and then point the macro cannon at the throne area to order the planetary governor and rebellious nobles to commit mass suicide.

However, most of the time, this kind of rebellion on a single planet is mostly handed over to the legal suppression ships of the neighboring planet to deal with, and it is not the turn of the navy masters to deal with it personally.

Sailors on the navy ship stopped by the portholes and watched curiously.

But they could only see various explosions and flames looming in the distance.

Horatio was on the aviation command bridge, using optical observation equipment to see the current battle situation clearly.

The greenskin fleet broke through the line in a standard diamond shape, and the leading garbage ship crashed directly into the defense ship that happened to be blocking the route.

The approximately 2-kilometer-long void ship was hit by the huge adamantine mandible ram on the orc's bow. The hull was rolled over and over, with debris and crew members flying out from the cracks.

The green garbage ship was still sprinting at high speed. The ship that was hit had broken from the midsection, and the wreckage flew to both sides.

Not long after it flew out, it was hit again by the green ships charging from both sides, and this time it was completely shattered in the explosion.

"Oh——" The sailors on the deck booed loudly.

They didn't know what ship was destroyed, but they were happy when they thought it was the enemy's.

The traitors on the other defense ships were frightened and began to make emergency turns.

But this was exactly what the greenskins wanted, and their broadside cannons began to roar like thunder.

The large and small artillery arrays on each garbage ship, which had different positions and numbers and completely different armament levels, began to roar along with the roar of the greenskins.

Countless shells of different sizes were fired out under the blazing golden fire, and the largest ones were even larger than the bridge of the planetary defense ship.

The greenskins' big shells hit the small boats, forcibly breaking open their armor, tearing through the thin armor belts, penetrating deep into the interior of the hull, and exploding in the central core area.

The entire ship was shaken by the internal explosion, and hot molten iron spurted out from the holes drilled by the shells, burning all traces of life and blasphemy.

The seemingly crudely made scrapped vessel was torn to pieces by just two or three broadside salvos.

After killing all the defense ships, the greenskin ships continued to rush deeper into the defense.

A void minefield stood in their way.

These anchor mines are locked with thick iron chains and staggered up and down. If they are accidentally touched, the high-yield explosion caused will blow a big hole in the hull.

Its inner and outer layer separation design makes it impossible for laser close-in defense guns and small live ammunition weapons to detonate it prematurely.

Although macro cannons and light spears can destroy ships, the anchor mines are arranged in a dispersed manner. If the main gun array is used to remove them one by one, the attack speed will be seriously slowed down, and the slow-moving ships will become targets under the guns of star fortresses and orbital defense platforms.

The greenskinned garbage ship that rushed in first used its huge adamantium steel jaws to blast the anchor mines in front of it, but did not suffer any serious damage.

However, a huge and hideous hole was blown out on the flank where the armor was weaker the moment it touched the anchor mine.

However, for the garbage ship with its uneven surface, jagged edges and loose structure, the damage was surprisingly not great.

The greenskin fleet was wading through the minefield and was about to break through the defense line.

Five thousand kilometers away, a faint blue light became brighter and brighter.

The blue light passed through the muzzle of the Nova Cannon at a speed that was difficult to capture with the naked eye, and passed over the side of the advancing Imperial Navy fleet.

More than twenty large and small ships of the Imperial Navy carrying His divine will launched a formal attack on the port.

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