Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes.

Chapter 223 Lonely Battle, Salvation of the Northern Fleet

The Revenant Redeemer and Star Labyrinth have begun their return journey and will soon reach the edge of Leyak.

All members of the Krieger Fleet have also entered the battle state, and are waiting for the response of the Northern Fleet in order to achieve the best strike effect.

The external forces for this battle of annihilation surrounding the Chaos Fleet are already in place, and it can be said that everything is ready thanks to Joseph, who is fighting the Chaos Fleet.

But after all, this is not directly entering the battlefield for assistance, and external preparations cannot improve the dangers faced by the Northern Fleet.

To put it bluntly, the current Northern Fleet is in the final darkness before dawn.

Whether it can persist until the support of the large fleet is still uncertain.

After the first round of strikes, there were only 6 heavy cruisers left in the Chaos Squadron.

The demise of the Styx-class heavy cruiser Killer is certainly a pain in the heart, but the fleet is essentially not hurt.

In contrast to the one-to-one numbers, Joseph's Northern Fleet did not actually take the initiative, except for the firepower advantage of a Retribution-class battleship.

In particular, the reinforcements visible to the naked eye from the main force of the Chaos Fleet made Joseph dare not love to fight.

We can only give up the advantage of battleships to fight steadily and continue to evacuate to the outside of the galaxy.

The Manzeville Point of the galaxy is gradually out of range, but the Chaos Fleet's offensive has not stopped.

Seeing the two chaotic fleets merged into one in the distance, Joseph's face was watery, and he couldn't see any expression.

The previous sneak attack has obviously completely triggered the enemy's anger.

Unless his fleet is wiped out, the enemy will not give up.

But isn't that his purpose?

The roar of heavy artillery and light spears impacting the shield came faintly from outside the bridge, perhaps breaking through the protection of the shield in the next second, setting off a rain of blood on the bridge.

However, Joseph still firmly commanded the course of the fleet, maintaining the extreme range of engagement with the enemy on the periphery of Melmoth 5, and made up his mind to contain the enemy here.

boom!
Once again, the enemy fleet's light spears concentrated fire, and the void shield was instantly overloaded, causing the entire bridge to vibrate violently.

The Grand Cruiser Hand of Justice is speeding up on the flanks, trying to shield the flagship from artillery fire, so as to gain time for the void shield to recover.

But this behavior was immediately stopped by Joseph.

"Order the hand of justice to stop its maneuvering that affects the position of the fleet formation! The course cannot be deviated!"

"Received!" The captain of Wrath of Justice expressed his understanding on the other side of the real-time connection screen, and then put the order into action with great heartache.

The support of friendly forces is of course out of goodwill, but once the formation of the fleet is affected, the position of the entire fleet will be deformed.

Then the enemy carrying the Chaos Space Marines will definitely play to their own advantages, firmly crucifying the fleet like a necrosis, and then destroying them in one gang battle after another.

boom!boom!boom!
Maybe one, maybe three, maybe more.

Countless shells were fired from the muzzle of the enemy ship, and after passing through the empty universe, they exploded on the armor belt of Joseph's flagship Retribution-class battleship, which lost its shield.

The huge shock sent people around Joseph flying, and the inside of the bridge was in a mess.

Although he himself did not fly out under the protection of the anti-gravity command seat, some flying debris still smashed the old man's head and blood.

This is the first round of shelling?How many more rounds can his flagship last?
Joseph didn't know, and didn't care.

All his thoughts are now on the positioning of the entire fleet on the screen in front of him.

As long as there is no problem with the fleet's positioning, they can firmly drag each other here.

It doesn't matter that Joseph died here, as long as the fleet moves successfully, even if the battleship is sunk by heavy artillery in the next second.

He also believed that those colleagues in the fleet who understood his intentions would light up the Orpheus logo inherited from his behest from other warships. (Emblem representing taking over command and confirming flagship position.)
boom!
The confrontation between the shells and the armor belt sounded again, and as another shock hit, someone on the staff seat under the command platform was injured again, and was immediately removed from the position by his colleagues and replaced by other crew members.

But Joseph didn't have the mind to pay attention to these, and all his attention was not drawn in the direction of the work of the astropaths.

On the right front of the fleet work seat, on the second seat of the astropath, a girl is raising her hands high to show that there is important information to be reported.

"Access to podium communication!"

Seeing that no one was able to leave the table around her, Joseph, who delivered the message to her, immediately said to the adjutant.

The adjutant who heard the sound raised his head and glanced at the girl's position, then connected the corresponding channel to Joseph.

This is a shared channel for the senior officers of the entire fleet, and Joseph also had to adapt in desperation.

He was taking a gamble that the girl would not bring worse news.

Bless the Emperor, he won this time.

The girl's still immature voice sounded in real time on the entire fleet's communication platform, and all the fleet generals who heard it were excited:
"Channel Secret Level Alpha+, from the channel temporarily authorized by the Tribunal, the content is as follows.

In the name of Lord Calvin, the high-ranking judge of the Imperial Tribunal, my Krieger fleet is ordered to come to support!
The eight main battleships of our fleet have arrived near the Melmoth Channel and are ready to join the battle at any time!

Please give tactical guidance immediately!
Please give tactical guidance immediately! "

boom!
This time the sound no longer came from the enemy's blow, but from the cheers of the entire fleet.

The soldiers of the empire are never afraid of death and sacrifice!
However, the timely arrival of friendly troops still makes it difficult for those who have no hope for rear support to control their emotions!
The empire did not abandon them!

The empire did not abandon Orpheus!

The Emperor is watching their devotion!
All their sacrifices are meaningful!
The crowd cheered happily under the baptism of the enemy's artillery fire, as if these friendly troops coming from afar brought not only timely rescue and help, but also recognition of their courage and determination!

"Confirm the channel secret level, and confirm the identity of the other party."

Joseph licked his chapped lips, and made the final confirmation with a hoarse voice with broken vocal cords.

The adjutant was ordered to check the Krieger fleet's signals in the database.

"Confirmed! It belongs to the Imperial battle order, but it's not the navy, it's... the Astartes Chapter?"

The adjutant looked in the direction of Lieutenant General Joseph in disbelief.

If all the visitors were composed of strike cruisers from the Astartes Chapter, then the situation in this chase and stop battle would be completely reversed...

"Don't worry about it too much! Transmit the coordinates of the enemy and the enemy and the real-time situation map! The rest they decide for themselves!"

Joseph signaled to the adjutant not to worry.

At this juncture, as long as someone comes, how can he care about who it is?

And when this order was carried out, and the chief of staff and the astropaths began to link up to transmit valuable battlefield information to the subspace, he reacted belatedly:

"What the hell did you just say?"

The adjutant had just completed the lieutenant general's order. Hearing the sound, he raised his head, looked at the old man's surprised gaze, and said helplessly:

"Their eight warships are all channel representations of the Astartes battle group..."

He reminded Joseph of this extremely abnormal information just now, because it may mean that the Astartes of more than a complete battle group may, have been, and may have been commanded by him, a mortal, just now.

And the chief officer of his own family was also red-eyed at the time, completely unaware of the adjutant's cryptic expression...

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　　In addition, the editor said that there will be a recommended position tomorrow, so I will add more.The quantity is not fixed, just try our best.

　　


(End of this chapter)